On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:05:45 +1100 Lex Trotman elextr@gmail.com wrote:
I've made a screenshot (attached) of the Build Commands dialog using buttons for the menu item labels instead of text entries. This is because:
- It makes it clear that menu labels don't normally need to be edited.
- It displays the mnemonic correctly.
Clicking the button can still allow setting the menu item text via a dialog prompt, and there would be a tooltip to say this.
Good idea?
It is an "unusual" UI paradigm so I am not sure ...
Maybe, but personally I think visually it makes the dialog look better. It makes the (rarer) label editing less intuitive but the command editing quicker to understand.
It might have to be tried to see if it improves or damages the ease of use.
The other thing I thought of (belatedly, sorry) is that for the plugin configuration dialog in version build-system 2.0 I was going to make editing the details in a sub-dialog. Does it make sense if the button shows that sort of sub-dialog for the built-in config?
Sounds good to me for the plugin. Not sure if we want other things besides editing the menu item label in the core (yet?).
Regards, Nick