On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:41:56 +0000, Nick Treleaven nick.treleaven@btinternet.com wrote:
I see where you're coming from on the Gnome HIG, and that is a reasonable approach. But the "Replace All" arrow confounds the logic of that, IMO. If the most commonly used button is to be on the right, then I would suggest removing the arrow, and keeping that section of the dialog always visible, so that there is no need for the pointer to
Wow, taking the other (rather quick appearing) replies in the thread into account, it seems this expander (technical term for the arrow as it expands a hidden area) is pretty unpopular. IIRC the intention in adding it was to not fear the user with a too complicated and too heavy loaded dialog, so hide by default less commonly options with the expander. But I'm not completely sure if it was this way, it's a long time ago :).
I could make Geany remember whether the expander is open when quitting.
That would be the alternative to the suggested frame replacement for the expander with the bonus that by default the expander would be closed and so the dialog be a bit less height (remember Netbook users).
Regards, Enrico