On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 1:05 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller <sp...@lyx.org> wrote:
> Yes, the idea is to keep all dialogs under that limit. Are you aware of > dialogs that are larger? > Not definitively (I don't routinely measure my dialogs --- I'm lucky to work exclusively on 4k-5k screens). However, the preferences/document settings dialogs struck me as most likely to violate that size (or, perhaps, they are right at it). > I have never seen a dialog with a scroll area (as opposed to some > scrollable browser or list widget). This sounds like awful GUI design. > I've seen such things, when required due to display limitations. Yes, it is bad design. However, it is functional and yet allows larger displays to forgo them in order to display everything properly. > I really appreciate the feedback. > Thanks for keeping an open mind! > Actually, I prefer qualitative arguments over quantitative. If we would > rely on number of users, many features (and language supports) would > never have been implemented. > My preference is for for a sane mixture of both qualitative and quantitative reasoning. I might call this a rational argument. ;-) > > What are your thoughts on relabeling to Find Citation and introducing > > an F-based keyboard solution? This is a redesign (which as you note > > is annoying); however, using "F" for "Find" is a more common design > > element than "S" for "Search" vice "Save". > > That's fine with me. > I'll put an enhancement request into the tracker for this. > I am just arguing. > So I noticed. ;-) Nevertheless, I'm happy we can have the back-and-forth dialog. > It > is also not possible to have both open, which would be even a better > option. > Bummer.
