[Kstars-devel] toolbars

[Jasem Mutlaq]

--- Jason Harris <kstars at 30doradus.org> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am currently adding the ability for users to
> customize the toolbars.  Along 
> with this, it's time to reconsider what buttons we
> place on the toolbar by 
> default.  I would like to dramatically reduce the
> default set to:
> 
> Zoom in, Zoom out, Find object, Start/Stop clock,
> and the Timestep widget.  
> 
> (i.e., remove Fullscreen, Default zoom, Track,
> Geographic location, and Set 
> time from the default setup).
> 
> I'm also considering hiding the View toolbar by
> default, and adding a Tools 
> toolbar (also hidden by default).  
> 
> The motivation for having fewer toolbar buttons is
> that the default for KDE4 
> is to have large toolbar buttons with
> text-under-icons.  The reason for this 
> is to encourage application developers to use fewer
> buttons.
> 
> I'd appreciate your feedback!

Hi Jason,

I'm not sure if I understand correctly, will the
toolbar for KDE4 have large icons with text
underneath? Or this is merely for the KDE4 SVN TRUNK
to just make developers reduce the number of toolbar
icons?

At any case, KStars GUI is often praised for its
simplicity, and so I think it's better to have a fewer
toolbar icons, but not too few by default. The view
toolbar is one that I believe should be left on by
default, in addition to the buttons you mentioned.

Regards,
Jasem