Re: Checkbox instead of radiobutton

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Thu, 2009-04-23 at 20:03 +0530, ritz wrote:
> Hi
> 
> On Thu, 2009-04-23 at 10:09 -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
> > On Thu, 2009-04-23 at 17:19 +0530, ritz wrote:
> > > Hi
> > > 
> > >   Considering that nm support connection to multiple n/w simultaneous
> > > with the current incarnation, would it not be better to use a checkbox,
> > > instead of radiobutton ?
> > 
> > It might for some devices.  But in the case of multiple connections (you
> > can have more than one connection for any of the devices), you'd just go
> > back to needing a radio button.  I'm not sure switching from a checkbox
> > to a radio button on-the-fly would make a lot of sense.
> Many devices do support alias. Then again, people who know about this
> would not bother with nm.
> 
> > 
> > In any case, the applet wasn't really designed for multiple active
> > connections, so yeah, this sort of thing is a problem.  There are
> > various designs for a new applet that get rid of the menu and thus would
> > fix your issue. 
> 
> Is this in git nm repository ? I have described my idea below 
> 
> Pop-up
> 
> [x] Wired Connection ( intel pro 1000g )

Hmm, what is the checkbox supposed to mean here?

>   o Auto
>   o Home
>   o Office
> [x] Wired Connection ( user-specified-label )
>   o Auto
>   o VPN
>   o intranet
> [ ] Wireless Network ( internal card )
>   o ...
>   o ...
> [ ] Wireless Network ( usb dongle )
>   o ...
>   o ...
> 
> 
> > 
> > Dan
> > 
> >