Re: gnome-control-center/panels/wacom - button mapping panel

[Peter Hutterer <peter hutterer redhat com>]

On 29/04/13 01:33, Przemo Firszt wrote:
> I hope to do some work on wacom tablet button mapping in gnome control
> center. First mockup of new individual button mapping panel:
> http://firszt.eu/wacom-icons/mockup_of_wacom__button_mapping_panel.png
>
> Roadmap:
> 1. Change existing panel to simple button list + add a new panel
> activated after clicking on a button (mockup)

This would mean we're three panels deep to assign a button - not sure 
that's a good thing. I don't like the tab approach much either if it's 
only going to be one button anyway, this should be window title or similar

I think using the svg files libwacom provides would be a good approach, 
display the tablet and then let the user click on the button to be 
assigned - so they don't have to care about the button numbers either.

> 2. First version would include only existing or already coded features -
> single keystroke, on screen help, monitor switch, OLED labels matching
> mapping. The last one is waiting for review on bugzilla.
> 3. Add option to edit label i.e. to show "Save" instead of "Ctrl-S" on
> tablet

just as a warning, this has the potential to be confusing. "Save" is not 
the same as Ctrl-S and we should not confuse the two. I understand that 
the user wants save, but if you e.g. assign Ctrl+C you'll copy in one 
app and cancel something in another app. though I guess we'll have to 
live with that until we get semantic events.

other than that I like it, it looks more professional than the current 
list IMO.

Cheers,
  Peter

> 4. Add option to select an icon instead of label.
> 5. Implement keystroke sequences.
>
> Please let me know what do you think about it.
>
> P.S. Sorry for the noise if you got this email twice