Re: Checkbox instead of radiobutton



Hi

On Thu, 2009-04-23 at 10:36 -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
> 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?
This device is enabled, and we are connected to one the below selected
network configuration.


> 
> >   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
> > > 
> > > 
> 
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