New UI configuration page - IDEAl Mode Button Layout

Jens Dagerbo jens.dagerbo at swipnet.se
Tue Mar 16 22:20:06 UTC 2004


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On Tuesday 16 March 2004 20:47, Bernd Pol wrote:
> Am Dienstag, 16. März 2004 15:12 (UCT) schrieb Jens Dagerbo:
> > > 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).
> >
> > Hmm.. "ugly mode"? I have honestly no idea why these two modes both
> > exist. Should we ignore it? Simply not make it available to the user?
> > I see no real point in offering the 3rd mode.
>
> Agreed. This mode does not make much sense.

OK, let's ditch #3.

> > > 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.)
> >
> > I'm fully open for suggestions. I just used "button" to distinguish
> > them from "tabs" which are used in the same dialog to refer to
> > something else.
> >
> > "IDEAl Toolview Tab Layout"?
>
> Almost perfect, but hard to read. How about:
> "Toolview Tab Layout (IDEAl Mode)"

Come to think of it, "Toolview Tab Layout" should be enough. The whole 
buttongroup is only available for IDEAl mode anyway, so it's not really 
possible to mistake it.


jd
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