Re: Bogus (?) GtkDialog/GtkMessageDialog separator handling



On Mon, 2004-10-11 at 18:52 +0200, Christian Neumair wrote:

> > It doesn't make sense to have different GtkMessageDialogs having
> > separators or not depending only on application programmer whim. The
> > reason that it was settable on GtkDialog was for adjusting to 
> > dialog content; but all message dialogs have the same content.
> > 
> > Does that make the code make more sense?
> 
> Yes, it does. Thanks for exhausting this.
> But it raises another question: Are dialog separators really useful? The
> HIG [1] states:
> "Do not use frames and separators to compensate for poor control layout
> or alignnment."

Separators should never be used in HIG compliant dialogs, but all GTK+
really can do is, where it's compatible with existing API and property
defaults, gently encourage HIG compliance. 

(After all, GTK+ isn't just used on GNOME.)

If changing the separator to default to off was sufficiently compatible,
we probably would, but it isn't.

Regards,
						Owen

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