Thanks for the feedback, I have created PR 917 to replace the GncCombott
with a GtkComboBox.
Regards,
Bob
On Tue, 16 Feb 2021 at 17:13, Geert Janssens
wrote:
> Thanks. I'm fine with the dropping value listings in tooltips as well. The
> only reason I considered them was for the cases where per-
Thanks. I'm fine with the dropping value listings in tooltips as well. The
only reason I considered them was for the cases where per-value extra info
would be needed. In my quick evaluation of a number of them that doesn't
really seem necessary.
Regards,
Geert
Op dinsdag 16 februari 2021 17
I generally agree, but I think that there's no great benefit to listing the
available options in most cases. The user can easily enough click the revealer
to see them. I also don't think that we want dissertation-length tooltips. If
that much verbiage is required then it should be in the help do
Hi Bob,
I did some experiments and I agree with you it would be hard to implement this
in Gtk3 because the tooltips should be added to the internal GtkMenu. The
GtkCombobox interface does not provide access to that widget.
So there is a trade-off to make here between maintenance burden and adde
Hi Robert
The reality is that you're probably the most skilled in gtk in here so your
view is likely the best one. However I agree that replicating gtkcombobox
is probably unnecessary.
My personal view is that tooltips are an obscure mechanism to display
additional (occasionally crucial) useful i
Hi,
In bug 798109 it was highlighted that the widget I wrote back in 2012 does
not respond to keyboard use well which I think would be relatively easy to
fix and maybe a couple of tweaks.
Geert suggested that it could be dropped in favour of a traditional
GtkComboBox.
The reason I wrote it was t
