New UI configuration page - IDEAl Mode Button Layout

Bernd Pol bernd.pol at online.de
Tue Mar 16 15:36:03 UTC 2004


Hi Jens,

the new UI configuration page looks good. But the labeling on the IDEAl 
Mode Button Layout radio buttons is somewhat misleading. The 3rd button 
says:
"Text on active button"
(which is true of course) but currently this does not distinguish it 
form "Icons only" mode.
I see also text on the active tab in icons only mode. Only the icons are 
smaller in case of the 3rd selection and the text looks somewhat 
misplaced there - small icon aligned at top tab border, text aligned at 
the bottom tab border, on the bottom tab row for example).

Q1: Shouldn't they be called "Tabs" instead of "Buttons"? That is the 
way they intuitively appear to the user. (Even if they are buttons 
programatically.)

Q2: Is it an incomplete mdi implementation? It certainy makes sense to 
distinguish between icons only display, even if selected, and text 
display on the active tab only.

Bernd




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