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

[Barth Netterfield]

Has any progress been made on understanding the UI?  I don't want to stall 
forever.

There are two examples I am aware of:
1) The configure all fonts sub-dialog from kconfig.  Here, each thing you want 
to change gets a checkbox to indicate you want to change it.  The widgets are 
disabled until their check box is checked.
Good points:
	-already in kde
	-can easily toggle between selected and not selected.
	-obvious what it means
Bad points:
	-not clear how to do check boxes
	-takes up more space
	-as implimented, it takes an extra click.

2) The character dialog in open office:  This appears to be what the dialogs 
in kst are modeled after.  Widgets with properties common to all selected 
objects are filled in with the common property.  Un-selected widgets are 
blank, except for check boxes, which are hatched.
Good points:
	-What we have and no one has complained much
	-Its in openoffice, so people may have seen it before
	-it requires pretty minimal number of key strokes
Bad points:
	-Not clear how to make an entry un-applied once it has been applied.
	-hard to distinguish between an empty text entry, and a non-applied text 
entry.

I propose we use 1, with the following modification:
	-QCheckboxes have a built in tri-state mode: we should use it for checkboxes.

Thoughts?
cbn



On Thursday 13 July 2006 11:05, George Staikos wrote:
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> ------- Additional Comments From staikos kde org  2006-07-13 20:05 -------
>   If that's the case then all of this should be put on hold.  I contacted
> someone from the KDE HCI group to ask about how to make such an interface
> to accomplish the task.  I'll report back when I have an answer.
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