Re: [RFC] : Filter GUI

[Charles Edward Pax <pax pegasus rutgers edu>]

I always liked the GUI for the filtering in Ximian Evolution.  Maybe an 
improved version of that would be good.  The only improvement that I 
can think of right now would be to have the list of filters 
alphabetized.

-Charles


On 2002.05.11 10:23 Emmanuel wrote:
> 	Hi all,
> I would like new ideas for the filters GUI, because right now it is 
> not quite OK, to say the least. I was thinking in splitting it this 
> way : one small dialog (unmodal) containing the list of all filters 
> with 5 buttons : new, delete, edit + OK/Cancel.
> Pushing edit button launches a new dialog, bigger that contains :
> 	- a text entry with the filter name;
> 	- a 2-pages notebook as now : one for action, one for 
> conditions that make up the filter :
> 		* the action page just contains the same fields as now; 
> but the mailbox selection will use the new widget or whatever Peter 
> is doing now, to let the user have a standard way to choose mailboxes 
> (thanks Peter);
> 		* the conditions pages : at the top a list of all 
> conditions (just their type) and a radio button group to specify 
> operator to apply between conditions (OR/AND). The bottom part will 
> display the details of the selected condition depending on its type 
> in text fields or whatever suitable. The you change in place what you 
> want and push the apply button to validate the changes (or revert to 
> cancel the current changes).
> 
> Comments, ideas are more than welcome because I'm really a poor gui 
> designer.
> Bye
> Manu
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