[kde-guidelines] Styleguide: Check boxes

[Thomas Pfeiffer]

On Wednesday 29 May 2013 14:47:30 Heiko Tietze wrote:
> Am 28.05.2013 18:35:24, schrieb Thomas Pfeiffer:
> > This indeed makes it much more clear. The last sentence is exactly the
> > same as the second one, so I guess it can safely be left out ;)
> 
> fixed
>  > > * added: "Don't use the selection to perform commands or to dynamically
> > > display other controls and windows"
> > 
> > Hmm... I'm not sure about "dynamically display other controls". Does that
> > mean that controls which are only relevant if a certain feature is
> > activated should be greyed out in the deactivated case instead of hidden?
> 
> It means no action should be initiated immediately. E.g. if user checks
> "Show" the respective control must not be shown on click (but after
> confirmation). Additionally, the "Show" must not be replaced by "Hide" if
> the control is shown at the moment.

Okay, I guess I not know what you mean. It just might be confused with 
dependent controls in the same dialog. E.g. setting the checkbox for a feature 
to "Activated" would enable the controls to configure it in the same dialog.

> > "If certain controls in a configuration dialog are only relevant if a
> > certain checkbox is checked (i.e. they are dependent controls), disable
> > them instead of hiding them if that checkbox is unchecked."
> > to make clear what should be done instead.
> 
> Does anybody really hide an item that is just disable? 

I guess people sometimes do that if they want to conserve space in a dialog 
when something is deactivated. I just think it might help to make it clear 
what should and should not be done.