On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 22:27:22 -0500 Bo Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 9/17/07, Uwe Stöhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> I would suggest (think I did) to completely leave Idx: off, and make the > > >> appearance of the button distinctive. People are curious and will click > > >> if they wonder what it is, and will quickly learn. > > > > > > This would be an option. > > > > This would indeed be a solution, together with a limit for the label length > > of 20 chars. > > I quickly hacked something like the attached (screenshot and patch). > If people like it, I can implement it seriously later on (I will be > quite busy in the next two weeks, and this will have low priority). I > am be happy if someone (Uwe?) can take it over. The obvious things to > add may be a separate index background color, or something to the left > of the box to make it look like a P shape with | meaning Index. > > I suspect that it would be difficult to satisfy everyone with the new > look of this index inset. > > Cheers, > Bo Another alternative would be to introduce an Open/Closed state, which can be toggled by right mouse, or from the menu for all insets together. Closed means: only show Idx:, open: show part of content. The best of both worlds: no real estate issue, and no need to see your optician :-) - Martin
