[Kst] [Bug 129281] Need a way to simultaneously edit the properties of multiple view objects.

[netterfield at astro.utoronto.ca]

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------- Additional Comments From netterfield astro utoronto ca  2006-07-07 06:00 -------
OK: so I just tried Andrew's patch and read all the email.

Other than minor quibbles (small bugs which can easily be fixed) I think that the interface is basically what we want.

Quibbles:

-unchanged objects all need some visual indication that they have not been changed.  Check boxes currently have the horizontal lines, which is ugly, but works.  Numerical, text, colour and lists have no indication.  Perhaps the same hatching as the background to all unchanged items would be good.  Maybe grey diagonal lines?  Does Windows have a standard for this?  This applies to the data objects as well.

-using " " as 'not changed' for text entries seems like a bad idea, as one might type ' ' to clear it and indicate it as changed, and then....  Maybe typing anything in the entry makes it changed (just like check boxes currently) - otherwise it is unchanged...

-The location of the "Edit Multiple" button is very space inefficient.  Maybe it should be in the top row or bottom row of the dialog.

-changing which plots are selected in the edit-multiple box should re-enable 'apply'.

-We need better tag names!

-Eventually we need to enable this for the (regularized) plot dialog.

I make no comment here on the patch's code - but George has, so I would encourage George to make some suggestions as to how this could be implemented in a clean way.