toolbar icons

[David Nolden]

Am Sonntag 09 August 2009 15:42:38 schrieben Sie:
> To be fair, I don't really like yours either. I think having 2 lineedits is
> disappointing.
>
> In your proposal, if we didn't have 2 lineedits (or with both being shown)
The quickopen line-edit should become smaller, maybe so that it merely shows 
the "Quick Open...", then it wouldn't take more space than a icon+text at 
right.

I think merging the lines is not a good thing, as both lines do different 
things. The one at right is actually more a dropdown-list than a line-edit, 
because it always shows the function you're in, and can be used to select 
other functions in the file.

Merging them in some way to get both behaviors at once would mean creating a 
clumsy UI, by combining things that do not necessarily belong together.

> we would even have place for the text. So the text is not the main problem.
> If it's at right at least. If it's under the icon it's just too bad :P.
With "Text alongside icons", only 2 icons fit into the space on this setup. 

> I usually disable text on toolbar, but I consider that this is personal and
> I don't want to pollute other's KDevelop with my choices.
Well, we try to create an IDE that fits the needs of most out of the box, and 
since we are also the target audience, our personal opinion on this does play 
a role.

Greetings, David