On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 11:21:20AM +0100, Michael Schmitt spake thusly: > > > Martin, > > I think we should add "Minipage" and "Parbox" to the box type lists instead of > > "frameless". If the user choses Minipage or Parbox, then the "has inner box" > > stuff should be completely disabled. > > > > Otherwise people will bug us because they do not find minipage anymore. > > The situation is worse (UI-wise): > I insert a frameless box and I get a minipage => Maximum confusion! > > I don't know whether we have to distinguish between minipages and > parboxes or whether one of them supercharges the other. But in the UI we > should not mix _frame_ properties with general _box_ properties. > > IMHO the menu should look like this: > > > Box => No Frame > Single Frame > Double Frame > Oval Frame, Thin > Oval Frame, Thick > Shadow Frame
OK, looks good. Can you prepare a patch? > Alternatively, we can remove the submenu and use "Single Frame" as default. > > As box label, I propose to have, e.g, "Box (No Frame)". In this way we > can save a couple of messages and gain a greater consistency. (Martin, I > don't think that the size of the label really matters.) Fine! That means a patch against insetbox.C. Could you make it? Do you have to change ControlBox.C at all? > Or even better, > we visualize the frame. I guess this can be done in a simple way > technically. Not *so* simple... Angus proposed that too. Perhaps later... > Michael - Martin
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