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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: kwrite improvements - Multiple rows of tabs
From:       Espen Sand <espen.sand () neo ! no>
Date:       1999-08-26 13:54:00
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On tor, 26 aug 1999, Lotzi Boloni wrote:
>> Isn't multiple tab rows considrered a BIG NO NO by (almost) all gui
>> wizzards/users? There are almost always possible to do something different when
>> one need a lot of tabs. A treeview may be a good candidate. The standalone
>> version of  KcmInfo (outside the control center) should perhaps use that
>> instead. 
>
>  Actually I think that the problem is not with the multiple rows but with
>the fact that the MS style tab is REARRANGING the rows after clicking on
>them. Every control which is rearranging its buttons etc after clicking is
>very annoying even if it is just a resize (the Motif file selector) for
>example. 
>

Yes, you are quite right. If the tabs stay fixed it is way more usable.
But I still think a treelist is better. More devel work perhaps but easier to
use and a "cleaner" interface. Perhaps it is just me.

-- 
Espen Sand

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