Re: [jokosher-devel] [PATCH] Fixed: Ticket #169 (No way to delete projects from welcome dialog)

["Jens Geiregat" <jens geiregat gmail com>]

On 10/24/06, Laszlo Pandy <laszlok2 gmail com> wrote:
> Niels Kjøller Hansen wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > This is my first patch for Jokosher, as well as any other project.
> >
> > I added a button below the 'Open Recent Project' and tied it up to a new
> > function in JokosherApp.py called RemoveRecentProject I also added a
> > self.model.clear() to PopulateRecentProjects in WelcomeDialog.py to
> > empty it before appending the projects.
> >
> > It seems that my changes to Jokosher.glade has made the patch file very
> > large. nibil on #jokosher thinks it's because the latest change was made
> > with Glade 2. I used Glade 3.0.2.
> >
> > Any comments on anything remotely related to the patch are very welcome.
> >
>
> I have talked to you about this on IRC, but I just wanted to let
> everynoe in on the discussion. I would commit this patch (cause the code
> is very good) except that I don't like the big button on the welcome
> dialog. That dialog has enough buttons already and removing the recent
> project is a much less common task then opening a recent project, so it
> should have a smaller button, or it should be more hidden.
>
> There are several other ways to implement this. One of which is to just
> have a clear menu item at the bottom of the recent projects list in the
> file menu. Most other programs do this. That still doesn't make it
> possible to remove it while you are in the welcome dialog, and I haven't
> thought of the best way to do that yet.
>
> Laszlo
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How about aadding a right-click menu to each item in the Recent
Projects list? Not exactly the most user friendly way to do it, but it
doesn't do any bad, and some users will be gratefull. :-)


Jens