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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Fwd:Widgets for IP- and MAC-Address (was:KIPAdressInput Class)
From:       Tim Jansen <ml () tjansen ! de>
Date:       2002-09-01 13:07:44
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On Sunday 01 September 2002 13:54, Fabian Wolf wrote:
> > A common way for HTML forms is to simply mark the 'wrong' data entries in
> > a different colour when the page reloads, so users are both used to this
> > idea and able to react. If the dialog/widget changes it's colour
> > dynamically when something is not yet valid, you get the best of both
> > worlds.
> What happens if someone sets his standard text color to red - this is not
> quite usual but not impossible either - changing the text color of the
> widget to red on a bad ip-address would not make a visible difference. On

I am also thinking about extending KLineEdit to use a red background when the 
QValidator does not accept the text. (Setting the text color is a bad idea 
IMHO, think about b/w screens). 

A more advanced solution could be to show a comic balloon while an invalid 
field is focused. The comic balloon would tell the user what is wrong with 
the input and how to fix it. 

See the attached fake-screenshot.

bye...

["redfield2.png" (image/png)]
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