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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] Improving the KSCD configuration dialog
From:       Martijn Klingens <klingens () kde ! org>
Date:       2002-07-13 19:11:00
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On Saturday 13 July 2002 11:29, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> hrm.. perhaps the other way around you could extend QCheckBox and draw a
> frame?

You mean the child widgets are added to the QCheckBox?

> i believe mac os uses various strategies, including checkbox-groupboxes,
> divider lines .... one of the problems of moving away from groupboxes
> altogether in KDE is the amount of code and applications that use them. it
> would be a horendous amount of work to change that, and you wouldn't even
> get to the 3rd party apps ...

We don't have to do it instantly :-)

I think a start would be to define a general strategy to follow in the style 
guide. The current style guide IMO actively promotes group box usage 
waaaaaaay too much.

> perhaps simply a better visual style would ease things a bit ..

Perhaps :-)

> and then you lose consistency as people figure out their own best way to
> present it a thousand times over. i don't think that would be a step
> forward.

I think the style guide should mention how to use it then...

Martijn

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