Re: [Usability] HIG dialogs

[Curtis Hovey <sinzui cox net>]

On Fri, 2004-08-06 at 17:31 -0400, Curtis Hovey wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-08-06 at 14:38 -0300, Mariano Su�z-Alvarez wrote:
> > Can some one point me to preferred instructions on how to get the exterior borders
> > of the buttons in the action area of a GtkDialog to be aligned with the
> > borders of the rest of the dialog in a way that does not break when one
> > changes the theme? 
> 
> I don't think I have the answer you want, but I have three leads.
> 
> 1. HIG hides example glade in CVS.
>    web-devel-2/content/projects/gup/hig/glade
>    try windows.glade
> 
> 2. HIG 1.0 had some technical details that I do not see in HIG 2.0
>    http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/1.0/layout.html
>       Spacing and Alignment > Technical Details for Proper Layout

I see the HIG 2.0 provides the gtk/glade properties in the alerts
section.

http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/2.0/windows-alert.html
Spacing and Positioning Inside Alerts > Technical Details for Proper
Layout

> 3. Steal.
>    My usual solution.  Find an app that does it right and open up the 
>    glade.  You should have some glade files ready for stealing in 
>    share/.
> 
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