[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       mozilla-ui
Subject:    Re: formatting toolbar/UI discussion
From:       Dave Hyatt <hyatt () netscape ! com>
Date:       2000-06-29 19:13:29
[Download RAW message or body]

The formatting toolbar is in an overlay, and that means it should not include
any skin information.  It should not be (if it's done properly) attempting to
define its own look at all, i.e., no specs on colors, backgrounds, rollover
behavior, etc. etc.  By omitting this information, the toolbar will properly
pick up the skin of whatever app it's being overlaid into.

Rules on this stuff are contained on http://www.mozilla.org/xpfe in the
skinnability guidelines document (which amazingly enough is still completely
accurate).

dave
(hyatt@netscape.com)

Akkana wrote:

> [I complained about the two Composer toolbars looking different]
>
> Matthew Thomas wrote:
> > Whereas if both the toolbars looked like regular toolbars (OS-standard
> > background color, colored icons which were more obvious than the border
> > around them, 3-D bevels, etc), you wouldn't have the same problem.
> >
> > That's the problem with introducing skins [ ... ]
>
> Not really.  The problem is that Composer's formatting toolbar doesn't
> follow the skin at all.  If it did, then I could use a Classic or
> Platform skin, if I so desired, or whatever skin made toolbars look like
> toolbars to me.  But the way we're doing it, if the user is using Aqua
> using a Platform skin and expects toolbars to look like they have
> jellybeans all over them, the formatting toolbar will still look like a
> toolbar out of a Motif or Win95 app, or like the content area, not like
> chrome.
>
>         ...Akkana

[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]