Re: Checkbox instead of radiobutton

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Thu, 2009-04-23 at 20:09 +0530, ritz wrote:
> 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.

At the moment, all available network devices are enabled unless
"Wireless Enabled" or "Networking Enabled" are unchecked in the
right-click menu.  There isn't any per-device enable/disable.  Even if
there were, it doesn't really fit in well with the applet-as-menu,
because clicking the checkbox would close the menu, and you'd need ot
open the menu again to do anything else.  This pretty much gets fixed
with a redesign of the applet to not use a menu.

Dan

> 
> > 
> > >   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
> > > > 
> > > > 
> >