Re: Subclassing Gtk2::CellRenderer

[muppet <scott asofyet org>]

On Thursday, October 2, 2003, at 10:47 AM, A. Pagaltzis wrote:

> * Bjarne Steinsbø <bosteins broadpark no> [2003-10-02 14:13]:
> > A. Pagaltzis wrote:
> > > Do it "Excel style", ie have an input box at the top or bottom of
> > > the table, possibly disabled so long as the user has not selected
> > > anything to edit. When they click something to edit, focus the
> > > input box.
> > First of all I never really liked the "Excel style" (in Excel).
> > I've always found it awkward to move the cursor back and forth
> > between the table and the entry at the top.
>
> A popup would be just as awkward, IMO, that's why I proposed this.

i'm not sure that would be awkward at all --- what i was seeing in my 
head as he described using a popup on a cell renderer was something 
like the property lists you see in borland builder, kylix, and 
qtdesigner --- the cell is just a button that you activate to get a 
short menu of options.


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