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List:       kde-look
Subject:    Re: Radio button group highlighting (was: UI feedback from a Linux newbie)
From:       Rik Hemsley <rik () kde ! org>
Date:       2000-04-18 20:48:22
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#if Tom Hoferek
> In this case you wouldn't be using radio buttons anyway because if you
> don't have the space for a non-scrolling list box, then you don't have
> the space for the radio buttons either. You have no choice but to use
> a drop-down list.

And how do you know if you will have the space for a non-scrolling
list box ?

> > 4) Developers may be tempted to save real estate by squashing the list
> > box down to a unreasonably small area (as little as a single line,
> > which I have seen - not in KDE though :-) This is impossible with
> > radio buttons.
> 
> Yes, you may be right here. Fortunately, where I work I can put on my
> UI Cop hat and argue for the implementation to match the spec which of
> course would show a layout with a list box that does not require
> scrolling and has ample room for localization. ;-)

But you say yourself that if there is no space for a non-scrolling
listbox then you must use a combo. Since it is impossible to know
in advance whether there will be space, how can this work ?j

A combo box is designed to allow the user to select one item from a
(fixed and short) list of items.

List boxes are similar but _not_ the same thing. They are intended for
browsing larger data sets. Certainly they are used for selection, but
not in the same sense. They often support multiple selection, DnD
etc.

Rik

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