[kde-guidelines] Grouping HIG

[Andrew Lake]

I think only the Appearance portion of the groupbox HIG needs updating.
Right now it says:
Appearance

   - Label the group box with a descriptive caption.
   - Do not assign an access key to the group box’ caption.
   - Use a 'raised' shadow if the frame is used to convey relationship.


That last bullet would seem to compel a visible frame which I don't think
is necessary to convey relationship. A "flat" style, groupbox, like David
suggests, (with approriate padding and margins) conveys relationship quite
well I think. So my proposal would be to simply remove that last bullet.

Thoughts?
Andrew


On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 6:55 AM, Thomas Pfeiffer <colomar at autistici.org>
wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> the discussion on a recent review request by Sebas [1] and especially
> Andrew's
> comment on it, highlights that we should rethink our Grouping HIG [2]. It
> currently suggests to use groupboxes as the standard way to group controls
> inside a form, but Sebas as well as Andrew have stated that there may be
> better ways to do that. In order not to let practice drift away from the
> HIG,
> we should think about updating the HIG.
> Andrew, since you're our "Master of Layout" now, could you propose a
> change to
> the HIG to fit your vision for form grouping? That would be great!
> Thanks,
> Thomas
>
> [1] https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/118390/
> [2] http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/Usability/HIG/GroupBox
>
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