On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Michael Reiher wrote:

> Simon Hausmann wrote:
> > 
> > Hmm, wait, Dawit, I like your idea very much, this could eventually be a
> > very smart solution for the view-follows-view issue in general:
> > Why not have a sort of checkbox in the view-frame. When it is activated
> > (checked), the view becomes a passive view.
> > 
> > There can be multiple passive views, but only one active view (the active
> > view is selected by the user via clicking on the view-frame, as it is
> > indicated by the different color of the frame) .
> But the active view would also have to be static, no?(see below)

static?

no, the user decides about the active view by clicking on the view-frame.

> > 
> > When opening an URL in a passive view (not matter what kind of view), the
> > mainview automatically redirects the URL to the active view (as there can
> > be only one) .
> aeh?? But that would mean that you have to click on the passive view,
> which would turn it into an active view at the same time? Did you mean
> it how you wrote it?

No, if you click on a passive view, then it does not get activated. Sure
it gets activated from the OpenParts's point of view, but not from the
mainview's part. m_currentView still points to the view with the
highlighted view-frame.

> And btw the redirection would have to work in both directions, as well.

In both directions? Do we need that?

I mean this would be difficult to implement.. :-)

Ciao,
 Simon