[kde-guidelines] Drop-down list and Combo box

[Heiko Tietze]

Am Freitag, 14. Juni 2013, 00:03:00 schrieb Thomas Pfeiffer:
> Agreed, so we should use other criteria as well, in addition to available
> vertical space.
> I just found it confusing when I first read "Use a drop-down list for single
> selection of one out of many items." and then later on "For a single
> selection out of a large number of items, use a list view." because it was
> like if a then b
> if a then c
> It's just a matter of wording, though. When you've finished the rework, I'll
> see if I can find a wording which we don't find confusing ;)
I added a number to "large" (n>20) but actually I would prefer to distinguish 
on basis of "a few", "some", "many", "a large number". 

|Am Mittwoch, 12. Juni 2013, 10:54:53 schrieb Aurélien Gâteau:
> > Additionally, when "editable" is false, one can repeatedly type a letter
> > to cycle through items starting with this letter. In my example, after
> > typing "b", "bike" is selected. If I type "b" again, "boat" is selected.
> > If I type "b" again, "bike" is selected again.
> 
> Okay, so if that works automatically and cannot be changed, I don't think
> we'll need a guideline about it.
I moved this part together with Aurelien's explanation to the purpose section.

Would be good to get more structure into the guidelines but I have no good 
idea.