Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds - summary

2011-08-23 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
Colin D Bennett wrote: >> "mask" has nowhere near the same information content. IMHO, it >> is not worth the space savings. Maybe "s.mask" would be better? > > Perhaps it would be best to make the displayed name of the solder mask > layer a user preference. +1 Just treat it as any other layer

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds - summary

2011-08-23 Thread Stephen Ecob
On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 9:47 AM, Peter Clifton wrote: >> Often I want to see one layer alone, so it would be convenient to be >> able to hide all and then show a single layer, using just 2 clicks. >> In your example artwork there are 14 layers, going from all visible to >> just one visible would

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds - summary

2011-08-23 Thread Peter Clifton
On Mon, 2011-08-22 at 23:45 -0700, Andrew Poelstra wrote: > On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 04:41:05PM +0200, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: > > Andrew Poelstra wrote: > Relatedly, why do we let the user select the 'rats' layer? > Can you actually draw with it? You can draw new connections between components an

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds - summary

2011-08-23 Thread Peter Clifton
On Tue, 2011-08-23 at 10:36 +1000, Stephen Ecob wrote: > A few hours in the future, Andrew Poelstra wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 09:52:19AM +1000, Stephen Ecob wrote: > >> A few hours in the future, Andrew Poelstra wrote: > >> * Hide all layers button > >> > >> * Show all layers button > >

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds - summary

2011-08-23 Thread Colin D Bennett
On Tue, 23 Aug 2011 02:41:53 -0700 Andrew Poelstra wrote: > On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 02:22:25AM +0200, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: > > Andrew Poelstra wrote: > > > > > I have implemented the italicized/separated > > > suggestion. You can see it here: > > > > > > http://www.wpsoftware.net/andrew/dump

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds - summary

2011-08-23 Thread Colin D Bennett
On Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:36:33 +1000 Stephen Ecob wrote: > A few hours in the future, Andrew Poelstra wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 09:52:19AM +1000, Stephen Ecob wrote: > >> A few hours in the future, Andrew Poelstra wrote: > >> * Hide all layers button > >> > >> * Show all layers button >

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds - summary

2011-08-22 Thread Vanessa Ezekowitz
On Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:36:33 +1000 Stephen Ecob wrote: > Often I want to see one layer alone, so it would be convenient to be > able to hide all and then show a single layer, using just 2 clicks. > [...and eventually, re-show all...] > Does this idea appeal to any of you other PCB users out there

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds - summary

2011-08-22 Thread Andrew Poelstra
On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 02:22:25AM +0200, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: > Andrew Poelstra wrote: > > > I have implemented the italicized/separated > > suggestion. You can see it here: > > > > http://www.wpsoftware.net/andrew/dump/mockup4.png > > Nice. > I note, that the longest layer name is "solder

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds - summary

2011-08-22 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
Andrew Poelstra wrote: > I have implemented the italicized/separated > suggestion. You can see it here: > > http://www.wpsoftware.net/andrew/dump/mockup4.png Nice. I note, that the longest layer name is "solder mask". Why not shorten it to "mask" to save screen estate for the canvas? ---<)kaim

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds - summary

2011-08-22 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
Stephen Ecob wrote: > * Hide all layers button > > * Show all layers button I don't think, that I would use these much. > * Layer visibility memory - this would have a Store button and a > Recall button. "Store" just stores the current visibility state, > "Recall" changes it to the stored val

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds - summary

2011-08-22 Thread Stephen Ecob
A few hours in the future, Andrew Poelstra wrote: > On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 09:52:19AM +1000, Stephen Ecob wrote: >> A few hours in the future, Andrew Poelstra wrote: >> * Hide all layers button >> >> * Show all layers button > > These would be easy enough to add to the widget. Just tack an > `Al

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds - summary

2011-08-22 Thread DJ Delorie
> Relatedly, why do we let the user select the 'rats' layer? > Can you actually draw with it? Yes. That's how you enter the netlist when you don't have a schematic. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailm

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds - summary

2011-08-22 Thread Andrew Poelstra
On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 09:52:19AM +1000, Stephen Ecob wrote: > A few hours in the future, Andrew Poelstra wrote: > > > Nope, uploaded it wrong :-}. The URL works now. > > Looks good, a definite improvement on what we have now! > > This may be out of scope for the current work, but I have some

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds - summary

2011-08-22 Thread Stephen Ecob
A few hours in the future, Andrew Poelstra wrote: > Nope, uploaded it wrong :-}. The URL works now. Looks good, a definite improvement on what we have now! This may be out of scope for the current work, but I have some related items on my PCB wish list: * Hide all layers button * Show all lay

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds - summary

2011-08-22 Thread Andrew Poelstra
On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 09:33:28AM +1000, Stephen Ecob wrote: > > With this in mind, I have implemented the italicized/separated > > suggestion. You can see it here: > > > > http://www.wpsoftware.net/andrew/dump/mockup4.png > > 404 error - did you get the URL wrong ? > Nope, uploaded it wrong :-}

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds - summary

2011-08-22 Thread Stephen Ecob
> With this in mind, I have implemented the italicized/separated > suggestion. You can see it here: > > http://www.wpsoftware.net/andrew/dump/mockup4.png 404 error - did you get the URL wrong ? -- Stephen Ecob Silicon On Inspiration Sydney Australia www.sioi.com.au

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds - summary

2011-08-22 Thread Andrew Poelstra
On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 04:41:05PM +0200, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: > Andrew Poelstra wrote: > > > What we need to do with the treeview/swatch widget, is to indicate > > that the swatch still works for toggling visibility, but you can't > > actually select the layer for drawing. > > Complex relatio

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds - summary

2011-08-21 Thread Andrew Poelstra
On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 04:41:05PM +0200, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: > > Complex relationships cannot be indicated by simple graphical means. > What can easily be done, is an optical hint that these layers do not > belong to the same class as the upper layers. Simply add some separating > space betwe

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds - summary

2011-08-21 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
Andrew Poelstra wrote: > This might work. So might coloring the text. But this has the > same problem as putting text in parentheses: at first glance, > this visual indicator might mean -anything-. At first glane a lock means something that is not the case here. Pins/pads, farside and mask are n

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds - summary

2011-08-21 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
Steven Michalske wrote: >> Put the item names in parenthesis. >> > A little padlock icon is universal as a locked thingy. > > (name) can mean anything.. A lock can mislead, too. Locking implies the ability to be unlocked. I like the parenthesis proposal. (And I generally dislike tiny icon

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds - summary

2011-08-21 Thread Colin D Bennett
On Sat, 20 Aug 2011 08:09:37 -0700 Andrew Poelstra wrote: > On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 01:46:24PM -0700, Steven Michalske wrote: > > > > On Aug 19, 2011, at 1:39 PM, Vanessa Ezekowitz wrote: > > > > >> On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 12:41:58PM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: > > > [...] > > >> Though, I am stil

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds - summary

2011-08-20 Thread DJ Delorie
If you had an icon that meant "you're editing this one" (a pencil?) simply putting an X in that spot for non-editable layers would prevent you from thinking you could click there. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds - summary

2011-08-20 Thread Stephen Ecob
3 hours and 55 minutes ago, Vanessa Ezekowitz wrote: > Another thought comes to mind:  How about a simple horizontal rule separating > the read-only layers from the rest? Good idea. 3 hours and two minutes in the future, Andrew Poelstra wrote: > This might work. So might coloring the text. But

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds - summary

2011-08-20 Thread Vanessa Ezekowitz
On Sat, 20 Aug 2011 09:55:17 +0100 Peter Clifton wrote: > On Sat, 2011-08-20 at 08:09 -0700, Andrew Poelstra wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 01:46:24PM -0700, Steven Michalske wrote: > > > > > > On Aug 19, 2011, at 1:39 PM, Vanessa Ezekowitz wrote: > > > > > > >> On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 12:4

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds - summary

2011-08-20 Thread Andrew Poelstra
On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 09:55:17AM +0100, Peter Clifton wrote: > > Also, try italicised text. That might make them appear distinct. > This might work. So might coloring the text. But this has the same problem as putting text in parentheses: at first glance, this visual indicator might mean -anyth

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds - summary

2011-08-20 Thread Peter Clifton
On Sat, 2011-08-20 at 08:09 -0700, Andrew Poelstra wrote: > On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 01:46:24PM -0700, Steven Michalske wrote: > > > > On Aug 19, 2011, at 1:39 PM, Vanessa Ezekowitz wrote: > > > > >> On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 12:41:58PM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: > > > [...] > > >> Though, I am still

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds - summary

2011-08-20 Thread Andrew Poelstra
On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 01:46:24PM -0700, Steven Michalske wrote: > > On Aug 19, 2011, at 1:39 PM, Vanessa Ezekowitz wrote: > > >> On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 12:41:58PM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: > > [...] > >> Though, I am still unsure how to indicate that the last 4 > >> layers can't be used for dra

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds - summary

2011-08-19 Thread Vanessa Ezekowitz
On Fri, 19 Aug 2011 13:46:24 -0700 Steven Michalske wrote: > > On Aug 19, 2011, at 1:39 PM, Vanessa Ezekowitz wrote: > > >> On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 12:41:58PM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: > > [...] > >> Though, I am still unsure how to indicate that the last 4 > >> layers can't be used for drawing.

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds - summary

2011-08-19 Thread Steven Michalske
On Aug 19, 2011, at 1:39 PM, Vanessa Ezekowitz wrote: >> On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 12:41:58PM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: > [...] >> Though, I am still unsure how to indicate that the last 4 >> layers can't be used for drawing. > > Put the item names in parenthesis. > A little padlock icon is univer

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds - summary

2011-08-19 Thread Vanessa Ezekowitz
> On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 12:41:58PM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: [...] > Though, I am still unsure how to indicate that the last 4 > layers can't be used for drawing. Put the item names in parenthesis. -- "There are some things in life worth obsessing over.  Most things aren't, and when you learn t

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds - summary

2011-08-19 Thread Andrew Poelstra
On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 12:41:58PM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: > > Do we need any core changes to support any new functionality we've > decided on? I know people ask about making sug-group layers > separately controllable, and/or making narrower classes of objects > visible. > Not with the current

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds - summary

2011-08-19 Thread DJ Delorie
> I can't use Shift without making assumptions about what character > Shift+1 corresponds to on the user's keyboard. So that's out. The lesstif hid traps the events before they're translated, so it can do this. ___ geda-user mailing list ged

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds - summary

2011-08-19 Thread DJ Delorie
Do we need any core changes to support any new functionality we've decided on? I know people ask about making sug-group layers separately controllable, and/or making narrower classes of objects visible. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-19 Thread Andrew Poelstra
On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 05:22:57PM +0100, Peter Clifton wrote: > > Cool. > > Here's a fun idea - had you considered using the tree view's _tree_ > feature to show layer groups? > > That might let us allow switching off entire layer groups, or individual > layers within them. > Oooh. I had not c

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds - summary

2011-08-19 Thread Andrew Poelstra
Thanks for all of your input, guys. I've done the fun parts now (i.e., writing the widget) and still have to hook it into the Gtk menu system. It looks like it won't be too hard, once I understand everything that's going on in there. I have a busy weekend, so I won't be posting anything you can pl

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-19 Thread Peter Clifton
On Fri, 2011-08-19 at 16:32 -0700, Andrew Poelstra wrote: > Yes, I found one -- and it is not actually that dirty. You can > intercept the button-press-event signal, use the function > > gtk_tree_view_get_path_at_pos () > > to figure out what cell is clicked on, then prevent the propagation >

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-19 Thread Andrew Poelstra
On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 01:01:07PM +0100, Peter Clifton wrote: > On Thu, 2011-08-18 at 18:57 -0700, Andrew Poelstra wrote: > > > That is how I would like it to work. But clicking the swatch > > also selects the layer, which is undesirable behavior. There > > is no clean way to prevent this with a

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-19 Thread Peter Clifton
On Thu, 2011-08-18 at 18:57 -0700, Andrew Poelstra wrote: > That is how I would like it to work. But clicking the swatch > also selects the layer, which is undesirable behavior. There > is no clean way to prevent this with a GtkTreeView widget. Is there any dirty way to prevent it? ;) I note tha

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds - Keyboard shortcuts

2011-08-19 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
Felix Ruoff wrote: >> Ctrl- doesn't toggle visibility? That's what the lesstif HID uses. <..snip..> > I would not like to use ctrl+n for this because for GTK+ (and propably > other GUI frameworks) this is the default action for 'New...'. (as > actually set in gpcb-menu.res). This meant "contr

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-19 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
Andrew Poelstra wrote: > I have increased the swatch size. Take a look at: > > http://wpsoftware.net/andrew/dump/mockup3.png Nice. Although the font is larger than with the current widget, the whole stack is still significantly smaller. And it looks less crowded, too :-) > The swatches are f

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-19 Thread Colin D Bennett
On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 22:22:11 -0700 Andrew Poelstra wrote: > On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 11:34:04PM +0200, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: > > Andrew Poelstra wrote: > > > > > I like KMK's > > >>click/double-click idea if possible. > > > > > > Very possible. But you would still be unable to toggle visib

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-19 Thread Colin D Bennett
On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:12:57 +0200 Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: > Colin D Bennett wrote: > > > I really dislike the double-click idea. I often need to quickly > > enable/disable visibility of multiple layers, > > Nothing beats accel-keys for fast actions. In this case [ctrl-N] or > [shift-N] woul

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds - Keyboard shortcuts

2011-08-19 Thread Felix Ruoff
Hello all, Am 19.08.2011 02:47, schrieb Andrew Poelstra: On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 01:13:37PM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: Ctrl- doesn't toggle visibility? That's what the lesstif HID uses. No. There is code in there to do this, but (to the best of my knowledge) it has never worked. The current acc

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-18 Thread Andrew Poelstra
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 11:34:04PM +0200, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: > Andrew Poelstra wrote: > > > I like KMK's > >>click/double-click idea if possible. > > > > Very possible. But you would still be unable to toggle visibility > > independent of selection using the mouse. > > Why is this so?

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-18 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
Andrew Poelstra wrote: > I like KMK's >>click/double-click idea if possible. > > Very possible. But you would still be unable to toggle visibility > independent of selection using the mouse. Why is this so? Are double clicked items automatically selected in GTK widgets? > How important i

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-18 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
Colin D Bennett wrote: > I really dislike the double-click idea. I often need to quickly > enable/disable visibility of multiple layers, Nothing beats accel-keys for fast actions. In this case [ctrl-N] or [shift-N] would be the natural choice. > and the last thing I need is to have to doubl

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-18 Thread Andrew Poelstra
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 11:49:22AM -0700, Colin D Bennett wrote: > On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:57:33 -0700 > Andrew Poelstra wrote: > > > On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 09:50:25AM -0700, Colin D Bennett wrote: > > > I like the color swatch and how it shows a small > > > rectangle of the layer color when the

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-18 Thread Colin D Bennett
On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:57:33 -0700 Andrew Poelstra wrote: > On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 09:50:25AM -0700, Colin D Bennett wrote: > > I like the color swatch and how it shows a small > > rectangle of the layer color when the layer is hidden; if this > > swatch were the show/hide toggle, that would be

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-18 Thread Andrew Poelstra
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 09:50:25AM -0700, Colin D Bennett wrote: > > I really dislike the double-click idea. I often need to quickly > enable/disable visibility of multiple layers, and the last thing I need > is to have to double-click each button. I would much prefer a small > region on the but

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-18 Thread Colin D Bennett
On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 09:25:06 -0700 Jared Casper wrote: > On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 3:56 PM, Andrew Poelstra wrote: > > > 2. Whenever you hide a layer, the selector would jump to the > > previously-selected layer. I haven't tried it yet, but I > > think that from a user's perspective that

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-18 Thread Andrew Poelstra
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 01:13:37PM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: > > > Very possible. But you would still be unable to toggle visibility > > independent of selection using the mouse. How important is this > > to people? It bothers me, but only because there is no keyboard > > shortcut in Gtk for toggli

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-18 Thread DJ Delorie
> Very possible. But you would still be unable to toggle visibility > independent of selection using the mouse. How important is this > to people? It bothers me, but only because there is no keyboard > shortcut in Gtk for toggling visibility. Ctrl- doesn't toggle visibility? That's what the less

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-18 Thread Andrew Poelstra
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 09:25:06AM -0700, Jared Casper wrote: >On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 3:56 PM, Andrew Poelstra <[1]as...@sfu.ca> >wrote: > > 2. Whenever you hide a layer, the selector would jump to the > > previously-selected layer. I haven't tried it yet, but I > t

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-18 Thread Jared Casper
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 3:56 PM, Andrew Poelstra <[1]as...@sfu.ca> wrote: 2. Whenever you hide a layer, the selector would jump to the previously-selected layer. I haven't tried it yet, but I think that from a user's perspective that would make the visibility

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-18 Thread Andrew Poelstra
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 08:29:13AM +0200, Krzysztof Kościuszkiewicz wrote: > 2011/8/18 Andrew Poelstra : > > > Kai (and others), what do you think of this mockup?: > > > > http://wpsoftware.net/andrew/dump/mockup.png > > Looks good. It resembles GtkTreeView and that raises a question - will > it

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-18 Thread Andrew Poelstra
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 04:12:34AM +0200, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: > Andrew Poelstra wrote: > > > Kai (and others), what do you think of this mockup?: > > > > http://wpsoftware.net/andrew/dump/mockup.png > > Layer names with white background are much easier to read than white > on color we have

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-18 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
Bert Timmerman wrote: > BTW, we could truncate layernames in buttons: ack. > "pins/pads" --> "leads" Better: Divide these. Pads are different from pins. Pads reside on only one layer while pins are spanning all layers. During my recent multilayer layout it would have been handy to disable pad

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-18 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
Andrew Poelstra wrote: > Kai (and others), what do you think of this mockup?: > > http://wpsoftware.net/andrew/dump/mockup.png Layer names with white background are much easier to read than white on color we have now. If it were me, the colored squares could be a tad larger without increasig t

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-18 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
Steven Michalske wrote: > I really like this one. Bonus points for setting layer color by > clicking on the colored rectangle. This should be part of a "properties dialog" for the respective layer. Properties may include attributes like "skip-DRC", DRC rules specific to this layer, layer name,

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-18 Thread Colin D Bennett
On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 07:48:31 +0200 "Bert Timmerman" wrote: > > I think such a thing would look like: > > http://wpsoftware.net/andrew/dump/selector.png > > > > What do people think of this? > > IMHO, the former proposal with visibilty buttons without "rectangles" > is the improvement we are loo

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-18 Thread Vanessa Ezekowitz
On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 01:05:33 +0200 Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: > Andrew Poelstra wrote: > > > I think such a thing would look like: > > http://wpsoftware.net/andrew/dump/selector.png > > > > What do people think of this? > > Invisibility by greyed out buttons is much more easily grasped > on a gl

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-17 Thread Krzysztof Kościuszkiewicz
2011/8/18 Andrew Poelstra : > Kai (and others), what do you think of this mockup?: > > http://wpsoftware.net/andrew/dump/mockup.png Looks good. It resembles GtkTreeView and that raises a question - will it still be possible to toggle visibility without changing the active layer (moving the select

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-17 Thread Bert Timmerman
Hi Andrew and all, > -Original Message- > From: geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org > [mailto:geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Poelstra > Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 9:52 AM > To: k...@familieknaak.de; gEDA user mailing list > Subject: Re: gEDA-

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-17 Thread Bert Timmerman
Hi Andrew and all, > -Original Message- > From: geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org > [mailto:geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Poelstra > Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 8:02 AM > To: gEDA user mailing list > Subject: Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backg

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-17 Thread Felix Ruoff
Am 18.08.2011 09:52, schrieb Andrew Poelstra: Kai (and others), what do you think of this mockup?: http://wpsoftware.net/andrew/dump/mockup.png Very good! ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listin

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-17 Thread Matthew Sager
Kai (and others), what do you think of this mockup?: [1]http://wpsoftware.net/andrew/dump/mockup.png I like this one also. It seems compact and easy to understand. Matthew -- My homepage. [2]http://sites.google.com/site/matthewsager/home References 1. http://wpsoftwa

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-17 Thread Stephen Ecob
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Steven Michalske wrote: >> http://wpsoftware.net/andrew/dump/mockup.png >> > > I really like this one.  Bonus points for setting layer color by clicking on > the colored rectangle. Er, maybe shift-click for that. I would have assumed that clicking would toggle

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-17 Thread Steven Michalske
On Aug 18, 2011, at 12:52 AM, Andrew Poelstra wrote: > On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 12:08:34AM +0200, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: >> >> This advantage wears off as the user uses the feature more often. >> Using layers is very basic to PCB. Typical use switches layers >> very often in a session. Becaus

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-17 Thread Andrew Poelstra
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 12:08:34AM +0200, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: > > This advantage wears off as the user uses the feature more often. > Using layers is very basic to PCB. Typical use switches layers > very often in a session. Because of this, long term aspects become > more important, like eff

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-17 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
Andrew Poelstra wrote: > I think such a thing would look like: > http://wpsoftware.net/andrew/dump/selector.png > > What do people think of this? Invisibility by greyed out buttons is much more easily grasped on a glance than presence or abcense of an eye icon. I'd prefer to not have eye icons

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-17 Thread Colin D Bennett
On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 23:01:30 -0700 Andrew Poelstra wrote: > On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 07:31:24AM +1000, Stephen Ecob wrote: > > > Good point.  I do like the full color fill you show, Andrew. > > >  However, I think we need a better way of indicating which layers > > > are visible. Perhaps a little

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-17 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
Stephen Ecob wrote: > Photoshop (and also GIMP) use a small on/off icon that looks like an > eye to control layer visibility. In gimp, this is inside a dedicated layer dialog, not in a side bar. > This may or may not be a good way to > do it, but it is certainly a familiar UI to many people. T

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-17 Thread John Hudak
However you change the buttons, please ensure that it is VERY obvious what selection is made/mode it is currently in. I've seen far to many sw products where pushing a button to engage some action or select a mode failed to notify the user (either noticeable visual change, audio sou

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-17 Thread Andrew Poelstra
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 07:31:24AM +1000, Stephen Ecob wrote: > > Good point.  I do like the full color fill you show, Andrew.  However, > > I think we need a better way of indicating which layers are visible. > > Perhaps a little "X" or checkbox icon on the button?  I already dislike > > the curre

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-17 Thread Andrew Poelstra
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 01:14:46PM -0700, Colin D Bennett wrote: > On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 20:48:48 +0200 > Felix Ruoff wrote: > > > I personally like the new style you created. Its very nice! I think > > the reason for adding this small rectangles is, that its easier to > > see, if the button is pre

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-17 Thread Stephen Ecob
> Good point.  I do like the full color fill you show, Andrew.  However, > I think we need a better way of indicating which layers are visible. > Perhaps a little "X" or checkbox icon on the button?  I already dislike > the current buttons' indication of which layers are visible (change of > fill c

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-17 Thread Colin D Bennett
On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 20:48:48 +0200 Felix Ruoff wrote: > I personally like the new style you created. Its very nice! I think > the reason for adding this small rectangles is, that its easier to > see, if the button is pressed. Good point. I do like the full color fill you show, Andrew. However,

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-17 Thread Felix Ruoff
I personally like the new style you created. Its very nice! I think the reason for adding this small rectangles is, that its easier to see, if the button is pressed. Am 18.08.2011 04:00, schrieb Andrew Poelstra: Hey all, I am working on moving the Gtk layer-selector into its own widget (see

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-17 Thread DJ Delorie
The lesstif layer buttons are solid like you propose too ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-17 Thread Steven Michalske
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Andrew Poelstra wrote: > > Hey all, > > I am working on moving the Gtk layer-selector into its > own widget (see bug 699482, for example), and cleaning > up the code. > > A question I have for the group is: why are the backgrounds > of the layer buttons in little r

gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-17 Thread Andrew Poelstra
Hey all, I am working on moving the Gtk layer-selector into its own widget (see bug 699482, for example), and cleaning up the code. A question I have for the group is: why are the backgrounds of the layer buttons in little rectangles? Is there opposition to making the background fill the whole b