Re: [Usability] List View Column Header Sorting

[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt myrealbox com>]

On Feb 22, 2007, at 2:34 AM, Thorsten Wilms wrote:
> ...
> The 'Three dialog problems' thread also reminded me of the list view
> column header sorting direction issue. What does a downward facing
> arrow mean ... ?

Good thinking! That's long confused me, but not jarringly enough for me 
to realize it was a bug.

> ...
> From
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=331551
> ...
> Mockup:
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=59579&action=view

In the bug report I suggested a variation on one of your ideas.

> ...
> I changed the dividers for resizing from sunken to raised, because 
> drag-handles are usualy and should be raised. Guess that's a theming 
> thing, though.

That's an interesting idea, though it might make drag-and-drop column 
rearrangement less obvious, because the columns would look glued 
together.

Cheers
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Matthew Paul Thomas
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