Re: [Evolution-hackers] The component buttons mockup

[guenther <guenther rudersport de>]

Still need more coffee...


> Check this out and let me know what you think, doing the buttons this
> way looks less chaotic :)
> 
> http://primates.ximian.com/~tigert/evo/evo-buttons-mockup.png
> 
> Another possibility would be a chessboard layout of 2x2 buttons, but
> that has an issue in case there will later be an uneven number of the
> buttons. Thus the one column version gets rid of that problem. [...]

I mentioned this already months ago...


What about a *drop-down* list with icons?  Similar to the "New" button
in 1.4.x versions, just without the drop-down being a separate button.
We can have any number of components then -- it won't need to be taller
in either direction.

Having the drop-down at the top would even be more appropriate IMHO.
That way it would allocate the same space as the search bar in the
components pane. And the folder tree would start at the very same
vertical position as the mail tree.

Of course, accelerators to switch between components in addition to the
pull-down would really be nice.


Any comments?

...guenther


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