Rationale for double click and project view and can we bring back following the global setting?

[Andreas Pakulat]

On 14.08.09 20:16:07, David Nolden wrote:
> Am Freitag 14 August 2009 19:45:37 schrieb Matt Rogers:
> > Except that it's not consistent with the global kde settings that I use
> > everywhere else
> >
> > Except that it's not even consistent within the same application.
> >
> > I'm not a usability expert by any means, but the lack of consistency even
> > within the same application is disturbing to me as a user as I have to
> > context switch my brain (for lack of a better phrase) when switching
> > between views in the same application.
> The problem is that the project tree view has already usability problems, and 
> that even without blindly following global settings.
> 
> Following the kde-global single/double click behavior does only make sense 
> when both behaviors lead to a good usability in the specific usecase.
> 
> Right now, single-click is more usable in that list, as you sometimes have to 
> select something, and it is not nice if the list expands at the same time.

I assume double-click.

> I think the ultimate solution is replacing the 'select' logic in that list 
> with something else like checkboxes.

If you look at the QTest treeview, you'll notice that with adding
_anything_ you'll end up with even less space. The treeview is already
pretty small and also tries to conserve space by making the spacing
smaller. Adding a 16x16 icon/checkbox/clickable-thing for selection
takes away even more space.

Not to mention, that IMHO checkboxes in such a tree look really really
ugly.

Andreas

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