Re: [Shotwell] Change suggestion: Remove extended info window

[Jens Georg <mail jensge org>]

Hi,

> I feel that the extended information window is a bit... hm... annoying
> and I would like to have some more control of the regular info window.

Agree. It also doesn't work very well if information exceeds the current 
window size

>   1. Add a little context menu (accessed by e.g. an arrow button)
> where you can select and de-select which information you would like to
> see in the info pane.

That could also be a context menu or a GtkPopover

>   2. Move all information from the extended window to this new layout.
>
>   3. Remove the current extended info window.
>
> The regular info window will of course have to resize itself based on 
> content.

That I find tricky. If you have very long titles/comments/ etc. it could 
easily make
the side-bar expand too much.

> One argument to keep the current extended info window is that it is
> quick to enable / disable (ctrl-shift-x). A remedy for that could be
> to have a shortcut to show the config menu (ctrl-shift-x ? :-p ) and
> then shortcuts for toggling different fields. Hence toggling Comments
> would be Ctrl-Shift-x, c.

If you find a way to have those command-like interface shortcuts. 
Probably worth
checking christian hergert's utility library he did for builder (forgot 
the name, sorry)

> I have tried to make a small sketch of it, attached to this mail. Does
> this sound good?
>
> If yes, then I think I will try working on that.

Sounds interesting. We might need a round or two for the visual design 
etc.