On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 04:41:05PM +0200, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: > Andrew Poelstra wrote: > > > What we need to do with the treeview/swatch widget, is to indicate > > that the swatch still works for toggling visibility, but you can't > > actually select the layer for drawing. > > Complex relationships cannot be indicated by simple graphical means. > What can easily be done, is an optical hint that these layers do not > belong to the same class as the upper layers. Simply add some separating > space between them. > > Tiny icons add to visual clutter and should only be used for compelling > reasons. I don't see such a compelling reason here. >
With this in mind, I have implemented the italicized/separated suggestion. You can see it here: http://www.wpsoftware.net/andrew/dump/mockup4.png I think this works well. Relatedly, why do we let the user select the 'rats' layer? Can you actually draw with it? -- Andrew Poelstra Email: asp11 at sfu.ca OR apoelstra at wpsoftware.net Web: http://www.wpsoftware.net/andrew/ _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
