On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 23:01:30 -0700 Andrew Poelstra <as...@sfu.ca> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 07:31:24AM +1000, Stephen Ecob wrote: > > > Good point. I do like the full color fill you show, Andrew. > > > However, I think we need a better way of indicating which layers > > > are visible. Perhaps a little "X" or checkbox icon on the button? > > > I already dislike the current buttons' indication of which > > > layers are visible (change of fill color and text color with > > > inset or outset border). Maybe something better can be done. > > > > Photoshop (and also GIMP) use a small on/off icon that looks like an > > eye to control layer visibility. This may or may not be a good way > > to do it, but it is certainly a familiar UI to many people. > > > > I think such a thing would look like: > http://wpsoftware.net/andrew/dump/selector.png > > What do people think of this? That looks very nice -- status is easily apparent. I think we could compact the layout by eliminating excess horizontal and vertical spacing. Why is “Signal” bold in that image? The bad thing about using Bold/Normal weight for indicating status is that it changes the width dynamically and might or might not cut off the text. Regards, Colin _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
