Chris, Thanks for replying. I wasn't sure this was going to interfere with any work you are planning. I'm fine with this approach as well.
Cheers, Wayne On 6/4/2017 6:04 PM, Chris Pavlina wrote: > I've been daydreaming of doing this for a while, sounds good to me. > > On Sun, Jun 04, 2017 at 10:27:49AM -0400, Jon Evans wrote: >> I agree with this approach! Switching to a tree lister for preferences was >> on my list of things to propose one day. Complicated creation software like >> KiCad inevitably needs lots of options, and in my opinion this is the >> nicest way to display them all in one place. >> >> Some applications also have a search box right above the tree lister on the >> top left. If you type in something, it performs a fuzzy search and only >> shows the preference pages that have some text matching your search. >> >> In terms of global vs project being separate windows, I don't have a strong >> opinion, but wanted to note that I've used applications with tree view >> preferences that mix them together (that is, project preferences are just >> another section of the tree) and think that approach works fine. The >> advantage is that everything you would possibly want to change is in one >> window; the disadvantage is possible confusion or overwhelming the user >> with options. >> >> -jon >> >> >> On Jun 4, 2017 10:22, "Oliver Walters" <oliver.henry.walt...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> The "Preferences" menu varies wildly between the different window views. >> >> I have been playing around with a new way of displaying and viewing >> preferences. >> >> Here's an early mockup (mostly aesthetic only, although a few of the >> preference items do work) >> >> [image: Inline image 1][image: Inline image 2] >> >> My idea is to have three of these dialog windows: >> >> a) Global preferences >> b) Project-specific options (e.g. DRC) >> c) Library manager >> >> I won't go too far down this road before getting feedback, in case this is >> not going to be something that is appreciated or likely to be merged. >> >> So... thoughts? >> >> Cheers, >> Oliver >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
