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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Dolphin: split views
From:       Peter Penz <peter.penz () gmx ! at>
Date:       2007-08-12 11:13:08
Message-ID: 200708121313.08080.peter.penz () gmx ! at
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Hello!

Dolphin offers to split the current view by pressing the "Split" button in the 
toolbar (see http://enzosworld.gmxhome.de/temp/dolphin1.png). Afterwards the 
view is split and the button toggles to a "Join" button (see 
http://enzosworld.gmxhome.de/temp/dolphin2.png).

I think/hope it is obvious if the button "Join" is pressed now, that the right 
inactive view gets closed.

Now my main question: when a mouse click into the right view is done, this 
view gets active which results in 
http://enzosworld.gmxhome.de/temp/dolphin3.png. What is the expected behavior 
when pressing the "Join" button in this case?

Currently I see the following possibilities (but maybe I miss alternative 
ones):

Solution A:
The "Join"-button indicates that always the right view gets closed, hence this 
view should get closed and the left view gets active again. This is the 
current behavior in Dolphin for KDE 4. As a side note: it's possible to flip 
both views by the context menu.

Solution B:
Always the inactive view gets closed. This is the behavior in Dolphin for KDE 
3. Problem: the icon in this case is wrong. Would it be a possible solution 
to have 2 versions of the "Join" icon, which changes dynamically if the 
active view gets changed?

From my gut feeling I would go for solution B, which means that we would need 
a second version of the "Join" icon. Any objections or suggestions?

Thanks!
Peter
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