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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: File dialog layout
From:       Tinti <vtintipo () gmail ! com>
Date:       2008-10-01 10:54:09
Message-ID: 1ba80b480810010354n20c779ebt86bf183cc0f2317 () mail ! gmail ! com
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Pretty good, clean and simple.

But you could show in someware the free avaliable space? I think that is a
good idea.

On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 7:44 PM, Diego Iastrubni <elcuco@kde.org> wrote:

> I am attaching here a screen shot of the new file dialog for RTL
> environments,
> and I would like to modify something:
>
> The back and forward buttons are on the right side of the dialog, but most
> of
> the time the user will have the mouse cursor on the left of the dialog
> since
> it's the flow direction of the file/directory widget (I forced it to be LTR
> a
> few weeks). I would like the back/forward/up toolbar move to the left of
> the
> dialog, just like in LTR desktops.
>
> Can anyone comment on this ideal? If you do merge those two toolbars, can
> you
> test the dialog in RTL mode? (or ping me to test it?)
>
> On Friday 12 September 2008 11:47:09 Alexander Dymo wrote:
> > I've updated kdelibs today and saw that we've changed layout in the
> dialog.
> > I see that toolbar is now aligned with filewidget contents which makes
> > sense. But I also see that we now have two toolbars - one with buttons
> and
> > another one with breadcrumbs widget. The upper toolbar is almost empty in
> > the middle and breadcrumbs widget just wastes precious vertical space.
> This
> > does mean that there's much less space left for the useful information
> > (like the list of files). Why don't we put the breadcrumbs back to the
> > toolbar?
>



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<div dir="ltr">Pretty good, clean and simple.<br><br>But you could show in someware \
the free avaliable space? I think that is a good idea.<br><br><div \
class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 7:44 PM, Diego Iastrubni <span \
dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:elcuco@kde.org">elcuco@kde.org</a>&gt;</span> \
wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, \
204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I am attaching here a \
screen shot of the new file dialog for RTL environments,<br> and I would like to \
modify something:<br> <br>
The back and forward buttons are on the right side of the dialog, but most of<br>
the time the user will have the mouse cursor on the left of the dialog since<br>
it&#39;s the flow direction of the file/directory widget (I forced it to be LTR a<br>
few weeks). I would like the back/forward/up toolbar move to the left of the<br>
dialog, just like in LTR desktops.<br>
<br>
Can anyone comment on this ideal? If you do merge those two toolbars, can you<br>
test the dialog in RTL mode? (or ping me to test it?)<br>
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br>
On Friday 12 September 2008 11:47:09 Alexander Dymo wrote:<br>
&gt; I&#39;ve updated kdelibs today and saw that we&#39;ve changed layout in the \
dialog.<br> &gt; I see that toolbar is now aligned with filewidget contents which \
makes<br> &gt; sense. But I also see that we now have two toolbars - one with buttons \
and<br> &gt; another one with breadcrumbs widget. The upper toolbar is almost empty \
in<br> &gt; the middle and breadcrumbs widget just wastes precious vertical space. \
This<br> &gt; does mean that there&#39;s much less space left for the useful \
information<br> &gt; (like the list of files). Why don&#39;t we put the breadcrumbs \
back to the<br> &gt; toolbar?<br>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- \
<br>tinti@linux:&gt;whoami<br>Tinti :: CEFET padawan :: level 4/10<br>Kubuntu Hardy \
Heron 8.04 User - DRBL &amp; LTSP User - L.A.M.P. user<br>&quot;Computers are like \
air conditioners -- they stop working properly if you open WINDOWS&quot;<br> \
&quot;This is Linux land. In silent nights you can hear the Windows machines \
rebooting.&quot;<br><br>Eng. Computação . Wiknowledge Helper<br>Kubuntu Intrepid Ibex \
@ 10 2008<br><br>&quot;Here Goes Nothing&quot;<br>&quot;Amare et sapere vix deo \
conceditur&quot;<br> &quot;Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it \
correct, not tried it.&quot;<br>&quot;Only those who attempt the absurd can achieve \
the impossible.&quot;<br> </div>



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