On Fri, 26 Apr 2002 00:43:05 +0200 "Hubert Figuiere" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> Properties Dialog > ----------------- > it can be opened using Dialog->Property.
I didn't guess that. "Dialog" is an odd menu item IMHO. There are several reasonable locations on the main menu for Properties: Edit, View, and Objects all seem like logical places to find "Properties" of the selected object. > If no object is selected this > menu should be disabled. Anyway, I'll talk about how this should > really work instead. The Properties dialog should act like an > "inspector". A floating toolbar that changes its content upon > selections. If nothing it selected, it becomes empty, but stays here. > That is not the current behavior. It does not update, unless you > "reopen it". That is not user friendly as you may select another > object, then click apply to discover that the wrong object has been > changed.... :-/ BAD. (I know, this happened to me several time, and I > won't told you how frustrated I was with that). [...] > This property dialog should have tabs for object specific properties. > In case of multiple selection, it should handle that and allow mixed > states and changing parameter globally on the whole selection. > If I may, this is a very powerful idea. --jkl _______________________________________________ Dia-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list
