On 04/07/2014 08:45 AM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > On 04/07/2014 04:29 AM, Kaspar Emanuel wrote: >> On 3 April 2014 21:30, Jean-Samuel Reynaud <js.reyn...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Please find attached a quick view of 3 possibles frame on wxpython >>> project manager. >>> I'm not a specialist of ergonomics/design but it is some ideas I have. >> >> They look pretty nice. Thanks for you work. >> >> I have one request for the new project manager which is the >> possibility to minimize to tray. It would also be great to if you >> could access Eeeschema, Cvpcb and Pcbnew just by right clicking the >> tray icon. > > > Extending that thought, how about some discussion on several of the possible > visual states: > > > 1) in-tray > 2) in panel > 3) non-maximized, not in tray, aka small toolbar with launching abilities. > 4) maximized. > > > I'd like to see some thought given to 3). Don't know if 2) is cross > platform, but if yes, > I wonder if that is yet another top level component, i.e. a different program > than what we > are talking about, yet another opportunity to swap out what's above the > KIFACEs. > > Regarding 3): is a small window with a game like interface that lets you pick > projects to > open, shows them as open, and lets you pick eeschema or pcbnew within single > click > thereafter. If pcbnew or eeschema are already open on a project, then > clicking again > brings that window to the top. We can use the nice large icons we have for > PCBNEW, > EESCHEMA, but in a different way. Maybe put a
thick > colored border around them to signify that > there's a KIWAY_PLAYER operating on that project, else not. I keep coming back to a row column presentation, since you can have KIWAY_PLAYERs on one axis and projects on the other. The cell within the row column can often be the large icon, with or without a quasi-obnoxious border. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
