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List:       kfm-devel
Subject:    Re: view management trouble ;)
From:       Dawit Alemayehu <adawit () earthlink ! net>
Date:       1999-12-12 17:45:22
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Hello,

On Sun, 12 Dec 1999, David Faure wrote:
> What you say makes a lot of sense, but don't you 
> think it's going to be confusing to have two similar buttons
> on the view frame, one for passive mode and one for closing ?

Similar in what sense David ?  The current passive view mode button is plain
and when you press it it puts a little "x" mark on it.  This could possibly be
changed to a check mark instead.  The close button should always have an "x"
mark on it just as it does on any window.  I do not think this would be
in the least bit confusing to the user.  And to further ensure this, the
buttons could have a tool-tip and perhaps be placed in opposite ends ???

> On Sun, Dec 12, 1999 at 09:26:06AM -0600, Mosfet wrote:
> > All I want is if I open a new view I want to close it with a single
> > click. The current scheme of having to use menus is inconvenient at
> > best. The most obvious way to handle this is a close button on the
> > frame. Doing this does not make it MDI, it doesn't change the philosophy
> > of how frames are handled at all. It just makes Konqi much more
> > convenient to use. The other option would be a toolbar button to close
> > the current frame, but even that isn't as convenient as a button inside
> > the frame bar which also wouldn't waste valuable screen or toolbar real
> > estate. Not doing something that is the right thing to do just because
> > it looks like something unpopular (even tho it has absolutely nothing to
> > do with MDI!) is not nice.   
> > 
> > As far as 2) is concerned, it is not a good general solution. It does
> > nothing to make it easier for people to close views that are manually
> > added - only helps the dirtree view. The close button is a general
> > solution. Not that 2 shouldn't be implemented, but 2 does not solve the
> > fact that if I add a new view to browse screenshots with the kview view
> > I have to go back to the menus to close it, etc... 

Regards,
Dawit A.

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