Re: [Nautilus-list] FW: Preview Release Comments

[Ben Ford <bford talontech com>]

Calum Benson wrote:

> Ben Ford wrote:
>
> > >
> > > I tried to test how this works in GMC right now, but when I selected two
> > > icons and right-clicked on one the menu didn't include "Properties..." like
> > > it usually does. How do you invoke this behavior in GMC?
> >
> > Many word processors will work in a similar fashion.  If you have a paragraph
> > with a line bolded and a nother line italicized, and you select all the text,
> > both the bold and italics will appear greyed out.  Basically, if an entire
> > selection matches a property, then that property is displayed, if not, it is
> > greyed, but you can click it and change the whole selection's properties.
> > (Being greyed is supposed to mean mean not editable so maybe a different color?)
>

I am describing a three-state here.  Sorry my description wasn't that great.  Note
the last line of my statement.  MS-Word uses grey for the third state which is
somewhat confusing for users because it is still available.

-b

>
> Yuck, which word processors work like that?  If I make a selection like
> that, I'd want (and get, in any package I've used) the Bold and Italic
> options to remain available, so I can still change the whole selection
> to bold and/or italic as required.  Most widget sets these days offer a
> "3-state" toggle widget for this sort of thing-- selected, deselected,
> and "mixed" for when multiple objects are selected.
>
> Cheeri,
> Calum.
>
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