Re: HIGfing the properties windows

["Manuel Amador (Rudd-O)" <amadorm usm edu ec>]

One question.  Doesn't it go *against* the spirit of the HIG to define 
sizes in pixels?  What about themes which change inter-widget spacing? 
There are a few!  Another thing: what's the standard measuring unit 
used in GTK and in the HIG?

Alexander Larsson wrote:

> On 17 Feb 2003, Luca Ferretti wrote:
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> > I can try to rearrange some spacing/allignment stuff in the properties
> > window.
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> > Just some design question:
> >        * 12 px between window border and widgets?
> >        * 24 px between notebook and buttons?
> >        * 12 px between notebook internal border and internal widget?
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> I'm not great at these things, but i think this is what the hig specifies.
> Not sure about the notebook/buttons one though.
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> >        * remove separators in "Permissions" tab and using a 18 px
> >          spacing?
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> Does the hig say anything about this?
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> >        * Can I use directly numbers (ie. gtk_vbox_new (TRUE, 18) ) or I
> >          have to use GNOME_*PAD macros?
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> The GNOME_PAD stuff is some ancient crap. Aren't they?
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