Re: [gtk-list] Re: how to turn off prelight on buttons ?

[Paul Barton-Davis <pbd op net>]

>>From a UI point of view, whether widgets change their color when the
>mouse is hovering over them should be consistant throughout the desktop,
>any application that alters such behavior will make the user think,
>"That's odd, the buttons on this application doesn't light up when the
>mouse is over them."

i agree. except: no other widget that i know changes to PRELIGHT when
the pointer cursor moves into them. i am talking about a conceptually
different widget that doesn't indicate pointer entry and departure
because doing so confuses its primary visual function. it just so
happens that in every other respect, the widget functions like a
button. 

think of the difference between a toggle button and a regular one: why
should we have a widget that stays pressed after a click ? because its
useful as a visual indicator of something. if all buttons did this, it
would be confusing, and if no buttons did, it would be even more
confusing. we therefore support both behaviours.

i think that PRELIGHT should in a similar category as toggling.

--p