Re: GtkColorPickerButton

[Jody Goldberg <jody gnome org>]

On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 08:55:54AM +0100, Matthias Clasen wrote:
> I'm not opposed to morph this into a palette, but  I don't think
> "win32 apps have this" is a very convincing  argument, since it
> can probably made for *any* imaginable widget.

I'm focusing on Office software here.  The palette widget is used
ubiquitously. (MS O/O O/K O ...)

> I also disagree that option-menu-ness is an implementation detail.
> Getting details like this wrong destroys the consistency of  the
> UI. 
I should have been clearer.  The detail of behavior is certainly
important.  However, before delving into the specifics of behavior
and api it the higher level decision of
    pure dialog vs palette
needs to be answered.
 
> In any case, implementing this will have to wait until Kristians gridded
> menus land in CVS.

I don't think so.  The implementations in Gnumeric have given us a
fair amount of user testing.  One of the main remaining suggestions
there is to put the palette in a notebook with tabs on the side for
selecting from an array of palettes.   I'm not advocating the
current code in gal for general use, as it is canvas based.
However, the general division of the classes seems like a good
starting point.

To palette or not to palette that is the question.
Can we get a show of hands ?