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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: conceptual changes to toolbars
From:       Kurt Granroth <granroth () kde ! org>
Date:       2000-03-02 18:22:40
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Carsten Pfeiffer wrote:
> Hmhmhmmm, I'm afraid, this has to become configurable... I for one use
> konqi with big buttons (text + icon), but in the current version, all
> buttons are so big, that two complete rows are used just for the toolbar.
> And that's two _big_ rows, because of one long text: 
> 
> .--------------------------.
> |           Icon           |
> | Persönliches Verzeichnis | _all_ buttons are that big now.
> |__________________________|

I see your point.. but I would argue that this one button is wrong.  A
toolbar button should not ever have more then one word in it.  I was
even tempted to truncate all text on toolbars to just one word.. but I
don't dare as I don't know how this will affect non-English languages.

Perhaps we can restrict all text to a maximum of two words and stack
them like so?

  ---------------
 |    Icon       |
 | Persönliches  | 
 |  Verzeichnis  | 
 |_______________|

This does actually bring up some more points that I will address in
another email.

> Did you have a look at why I asked you (did you get that mail (on
> kde-cvs) at all?)?

No.

> The current KFD uses KToolBar::insertWidget(SomeCustomComboBox) and
> the combobox is not vertically centered in the toolbar as the
> buttons are, but it is top-aligned and overlaps a bit with the
> right-most buttons.
 
I'll put that on my (really really long) list of things to look at.
-- 
Kurt Granroth            | http://www.granroth.org
KDE Developer/Evangelist | SuSE Labs Open Source Developer
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