Re: GEP 6: Toolbar

[James Henstridge <james daa com au>]

Daniel Egger wrote:

> Am Don, 2002-09-12 um 15.26 schrieb James Henstridge:
>
>  
>
> > Two methods of presenting the additional toolbar items include:
> >
> >    * The |BonoboUIToolbar| method, which pops up a panel containing the
> >      extra toolbar items.
> >    * The method used on Qt, Windows and Mac OS X, where a menu is
> >      popped up that contains menu items representing the extra items.
> >    
>
> Personally I'd like to see a third option:
> * Wrap toolbars at the end of space and move remaining items into
>  another row/column.
>
> Especially with configurable toolbars this feature would be sort of
> handy. And honestly I dislike the idea of information being hidden
> because we run out of space. Especially hiding widgets by priority
> could confuse users because suddenly items are lost when using a
> different display, chaging resolution, font, etc.
Problem with this is that GTK+ doesn't handle the height-for-width style 
geometry management (ie. make the widget taller as you reduce its width, 
or vice versa).

On this particular issue, I think there is value in providing a UI that 
is consistent with what Windows, OS X and Qt do.

> "Hrm, I swear the button was there yesterday...."
That is a reason why moving intermediate buttons to the overflow menu 
might not be a great idea ...

James.

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