Re: [gnome-db] Mergeant forms status

[Vivien Malerba <malerba gnome-db org>]

Le jeu 12/09/2002 à 19:11, Rodrigo Moya a écrit :

> > I think it is better because it occupies less space in the form (and
> > leaves more for the actual data). I just want to remove the keyboard
> > focus for it and re-enable mouse sensitiveness.
> >
> well, I'm talking about something like
> http://primates.ximian.com/~rodrigo/extra-options.png. As you can see,
> the little button with the arrow just occupies a little space, and it's
> purpose its clearer to the eye of the user, I think. Then, once pressed,
> we can present the menu, as the image shows and as you are already
> doing.

Right this is what I've done and just commited. I've just read the HIG,
it's very helpfull: there will be more dialogs to rework to be conform
to it.

>
> > >
> > > Also, I would like to have the form being able to display
> > > one-record-at-a-time but also the whole data in the form of a grid.
So,
> > > what about adding an option menu that lets the user select how to
> > > display the data (record-at-a-time or grid)? We could reuse the same
> > > navigation buttons, and just add actions to select/move/edit rows in
the
> > > grid.
> >
> > This will be another widget (DataGrid, the object already has a basic
> > structure in CVS) because the inner working and structures are
> > completely different. The user will be able to go from one to the other
> > by a single button press.
> >
> ok, great!
>
> > >
> > > Also, the dialogs that ask whether to run the SQL commands or not
should
> > > be removed. Or are those just displayed because of debug being
enabled?
> >
> > For now they are enabled, but I want to convert this into a global
> > option: whether to ask confirmation before SELECT, UPDATE, INSERT or
> > DELETE calls (so each user can set wether he wants to check the queries
> > before they are commited). The default would be no confirmation for
> > SELECT, and confirmation for the others.
> >
> nice, leave that to me, since as I told you, I'll be working on a unique
> preferences dialog, so I'll include this option also.
>

Ok. For this I will modify the ServerAccess object and issue a
confirmation dialog whenever necessary from the user preferences.

Cheers,

Vivien