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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] Improving the KSCD configuration dialog
From:       "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () olympusproject ! org>
Date:       2002-07-13 22:08:06
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On Saturday 13 July 2002 03:07, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> On Saturday 13 July 2002 11:22 am, Martijn Klingens wrote:
> > On Saturday 13 July 2002 10:41, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> > > personally, i think it is pretty obvious that the information is
> > > dynamic by the radio button text and that having a non-editable line
> > > _edit_ is something of a strange concept as it is an input widget not a
> > > display widget ...
> >
> > Same opinion here. I really dislike the read-only line-edits used in KDE
> > for that. But hey, who am I after all? ;-)
>
> I think it's great for situations where you display several items of
> information and some of them can be changed and some of them can not. With
> a ro line-edit you can keep a certain degree of symmetry and consistency in
> the UI while at the same time getting the message across that it can't be
> changed.

i agree in that situation ro kilineedit is preferable ... 

0. when the mixing is not avoidable, then use a ro klineedit
1. when the mixing is avoidable (as in this case): don't mix them!

=)

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Aaron J. Seigo
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