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[Ellen Reitmayr]

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Hi,

sorry, I think you've already talked this over, but I couldn't find the
thread and got to comment on this:

**
Standard Controls

Radio Buttons

Radio buttons are useful for quickly changing and controling modes in an
interface.

Guidelines
 Use radio buttons to control modes
 Limit the number of options to two or three; use a drop-down menu for
many options
 Radio buttons should be used sparingly
**

I agree that it is hard to visually mark that exclusive toggle push
buttons are actually exclusive. But I currently can't see how to
integrate radio buttons with the toolbar.

Firstly, all of KDE's toolbars are icon-based instead of text-based
(which is another point that should be discussed). Radio buttons are
text-based - or is there a change inQT4? Text will waste a lot of screen
space!

Secondly, toolbars are arranged horizontally, while radio buttons are
most effective when being used vertically. How can you make sure
vertical radio button options (imagine long labels) will be arranged
next to each other, that there will not be a line break? What if the
width of the application window is decreased, so the length of the radio
options exceeds the window width?


If you've already discusse these issues and found a solution, please
send me those emails :)

LG
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