From kde-usability  Tue Oct 09 21:30:49 2007
From: "Jos Poortvliet" <jospoortvliet () gmail ! com>
Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:30:49 +0000
To: kde-usability
Subject: Re: Some thoughts on toolbars in KDE
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On 10/9/07, Hans Chen <hanswchen@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hm. I think it would be nice with a combobox with some of the "common" zooms
> (50 %, 100 % etc.). If you've used Live Messenger, the "personal message"
> widget in the contact list  gives a fairly good picture of my vision. You
> can see a screenshot here, where the widget displays the text "<Type a
> personal message>". Well, it's kind of like Facebook's "status" widget too.
>
> I'll try my best to explain it. Normally, it looks like a label with a arrow
> next to it. If you press the arrow, it shows a list (like a combobox). If
> you click on the text instead, it let's you input some text (like it
> currently does).
>
> I'm not sure if the combobox function is needed here (although I personally
> would like it).

Well, it has 2 icons for the most common zoom views, so I'm not sure
if it's needed. Yet, maybe it's possible - I'd say provide a mockup
;-)

> More importantly, why do you have to right click to edit the
> value?

That's an issue, imho not really good.
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