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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Zooming improvement
From:       James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj () acm ! org>
Date:       2004-11-26 19:16:37
Message-ID: 41A78115.1080400 () acm ! org
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Mikolaj Machowski wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> In application where user is viewing pages are two buttons and combo for
> choosing zoom percentage. When using buttons zoom is 'jumping' by 10 or
> 20%. In combo there are additional two 'values' - Fit to Height, Fit to
> Width.
> 
> What do you think about taking these two 'virtual' values into account
> when adjusting size with buttons?
> 
> For example in my kpdf_experiments branch currently zoom is done in
> steps (increasing):
> 100%, 120%, 140% <- with buttons
> 100%, 135% (Fit Width option), 155% (with button)
> 
> According to my suggestion it would be:
> 100%, 120%, 135% (Fit Width), 140% <- only buttons
> 
> This behavior should be applied to all apps trying to display pages
> (kpdf, kghostview, kword, etc.)
> 
> What do you think?

"Fit in Window" and "Fit Width" are needed options for the toolbar, but I would 
suggest that they should be separate buttons like they are in Adobe Acrobat 
Reader.  It is possible that various applications or KParts already have these 
options in the menu but that they lack toolbar icons.

--
JRT
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