[Kstars-devel] Problems with the Options UI

[Jason Harris]

Hi,

The KDE HIG says dialogs should be no larger than 800x600 pixels.  Our
config dialog is 632x602 pixels (on my os x laptop), so we're only
exceeding the HIG recommendation by 2 pixels...maybe it's bigger on
Torsten's machine for some reason (larger fonts?).

Anyway, I'm definitely willing to accept a redesign of the config window.

One idea:

We could use clickable image maps in many of the Tabs instead of lists
of checkboxes.  For example, in the Guides tab, we could show a mock
skymap that shows all of the types of guide lines.  You would toggle
the different guide lines by clicking on them, and there would be
visual feedback to make clear which lines were on or off.  A similar
clickmap could be used in the solar system tab.

Anyway, maybe we don't need such a radical change...we can just do a
reorganization of course.

regards,
Jason




On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 2:21 PM, Akarsh Simha <akarshsimha at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Torsten told me today that the Options UI doesn't render correctly on
> laptops because it is too tall for laptop screens.
>
> He suggested that we move certain similar actions to a new section to
> solve this. For example, everything related to slewing - like
> 'Configure Hidden Objects' and 'Enable Animated Slewing' - could
> probably be moved to a section called 'Slewing'. A bit of rearranging
> would probably make the other sections smaller.
>
> Any comments on this?
>
> Regards
> Akarsh
>
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