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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: PATCH:  kcontrol/kicker
From:       Matthias Ettrich <ettrich () trolltech ! com>
Date:       2002-02-01 13:00:58
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On Friday 01 February 2002 06:17, Robert Shade wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> 	I'll try posting this here instead of kde-devel.  This is a small patch to
> change the buttons on the menus tab of the kicker (panel) kcontrol module
> to QPushButtons instead of QToolButtons. (They look different)
>

Those buttons are supposed to be tool buttons. Please see 
http://doc.trolltech.com/qpushbutton.html


"As a general rule, use a push button when the application or dialog window 
performs an action when the user clicks on it (such as Apply, Cancel, Close 
and Help) and when the widget is supposed to
have a wide, rectangular shape with a text label. Small, typically square 
buttons that change the state of the window rather than performing an action 
(such as the buttons in the top-right corner of the
QFileDialog) are not command buttons, but tool buttons. Qt provides a special 
class (QToolButton) for these buttons. "


The macintosh calls those things bevel buttons and yes - they look different 
from command buttons and so they should.

Matthias
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