John Levon a écrit :
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> On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 05:00:59PM +0200, Emmanuel GUREGHIAN wrote:
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> > Dears developpers (c:
> >
> > A few years ago, I send a mail about changing the matrix dialog in a
> > more intuitive way.
> > It was not not a good idea because the dialog size should remain small
> > in order to use lyx on small screens.
> >
> > Anyway I have still the same idea. So I have changed the matrix dialog
> > carefully preserving its size.
> > I think it is more intuitive and as such that it is a good
> > idea(tm)(r)(c).
>
> can you explain why you think it is more intuitive ? Is it because
> rows is vertical slider now ?
exactly
If you see word's interface for creating tabulars (no flame please) it
is self explaining.
We don't need to have such high levels tricks for LyX, but at least for
unexperienced users it is easier to understand.
> Maybe this is a good idea, but I think the dialogs look a little cluttered
> (and are not aligned properly).
That's true, that was just a quick hack
> Can you try and do something about the clutter perhaps ?
> I think we should have the buttons on the bottom, not along the side one
I thought the same thing about the buttons (although a lot of windows
dialog assistant propose three sides buttons), but the remainders of
previous discussion was that dialog size should remain the same.
That's a hard condition. So perharp's I will try once again in a few
year when 21" tft monitors will be as cheap as a match box (c:
Cordialy
Emmanuel
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