Re: [Evolution-hackers] The component buttons mockup

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo ximian com>]

On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 00:11, JP Rosevear wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 06:34, Tuomas Kuosmanen wrote:
> > On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 12:45, Ross Burton wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 11:22, Hans Petter Jansson wrote:
> > > > I think I'd prefer 2x2 myself, with all buttons the same size. If we
> > > > want to be fancy, we could also make text labels be optional (like the
> > > > choice you get for typical browser toolbars), and then we could probably
> > > > fit all of them on one row :)
> > > > 
> > > > I probably value desktop space more highly than other users, though.
> > > 
> > > I'm a screen-estate junkie myself, and think that following the gconf
> > > key for toolbar state is probably a good idea -- i.e. label only, icon
> > > only, both.
> > > 
> > > Personally my folder tree is quite wide (several nested IMAP folders) so
> > > 2x2 would be a better choice for me, or as Hans says just use icons and
> > > might all fit.
> > 
> > I was thinking of the same myself - even though it is not a toolbar,
> > what if it followed the toolbar labels/icons/whatever settings of the
> > user?
> > 
> > On the other hand, if we have an uneven number of buttons we dont want a
> > grid layout, since then you'd get an empty space. So if that is the
> > case, we need to figure something.
> > 
> > Anyway, an example at this point:
> > 
> > http://primates.ximian.com/~tigert/evo/evo-buttons-mockup3.gif
> 
> Ok, so I did:
> 
> http://primates.ximian.com/~jpr/Screenshot-Evolution-1.5-2.png
> http://primates.ximian.com/~jpr/Screenshot-Evolution-1.5-3.png
> 
> The main concern I've seen raised is the potential size of the buttons
> with text.
> 
> For my part I just don't know how to allow the user to switch between
> modes.
> 
we could have a pane widget that contains the source selector and the
buttons, and when resized, the buttons could change its mode?

cheers