[Cuis-dev] [IMPROV] Preferences Menu With Better Feedback

[Nicola Mingotti]

Umm, i tried to load VectorGraphics, still, my unpin icon is invisible.

https://pasteboard.co/KirvnZR.png

But in a second thought, I think an 'unpin' icon is not really necessary.
Let's forgert about it.

bye
Nicola






On 8/31/21 3:50 PM, Gerald Klix wrote:
> If you load the VectorGrahics package, many of the nice bitmap
> icons are replaced with much simpler circles,
> that show some visual feed back on mouse-over.
>
> I suppose, if we want the old icons back,
> we need to provide some nice vector graphics/SVG icons
> and probably we need to implement a cache for scaled
> bitmaps computed from those graphics.
>
> I am not the graphics and numerical algorithms expert.
>
>
> Just my 0.02€,
>
> Gerald
>
>
> On 8/31/21 3:39 PM, Nicola Mingotti via Cuis-dev wrote:
>>
>> Yes, Gerald, I missed the pinning, my bad ;)
>> thank you for the video anyway !
>>
>> I usually pin the 'Open' menu.
>>
>> But, If i remember well when i was pinning windows, till about 1 week 
>> ago,
>> there was an icon on the top right corner. Now the icon is gone and 
>> it is not
>> much clear how to unpin a window.
>>
>> Bye
>> Nicola
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 8/31/21 3:26 PM, Gerald Klix via Cuis-dev wrote:
>>> Yes, of course if you do it that way ...
>>>
>>> On 8/31/21 2:31 PM, Nicola Mingotti via Cuis-dev wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Gerald,
>>>>
>>>> I `git pull` everything and retest.
>>>>
>>>> I still see the same bahavior:
>>>> 1. run cuis base, nothing of my config
>>>> 2. load package `PreferencesMenu.pck.st`
>>>> 3. Open Preferences
>>> ... here you forgot to pin the menu, if you pin the menu it
>>> works like charm.
>>>> 4. Select 'Hide taskbar'
>>>> 5. => The preferences window closes. There is nothing that can hide 
>>>> it.
>>>> 6. `World -> Window -> Find Window` gives me only the "Workspace" 
>>>> which is truly still there.
>>>>
>>>> I would say this side effect of closing the Preferences Windows 
>>>> when I change a preference
>>>> is undesirable. But, this is just my opinion ;)
>>> It isn't a side effect, I get the same behavior, when
>>> I do not pin the menu.
>>>
>>> Please, watch this video:
>>> https://www.klix.ch/haver/releases/PreferencesPinning.mp4
>>>
>>>
>>> HTH,
>>>
>>> Gerald
>>>
>>>>
>>>> bye
>>>> Nicola
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 8/31/21 12:46 PM, Gerald Klix wrote:
>>>>> Nicola,
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks for the feedback.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 8/31/21 12:38 PM, Nicola Mingotti via Cuis-dev wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It looks much better Gerald.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> One thing that i tried to click and it is active is "remove 
>>>>>> taskbar".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I noted that if i select it the Preference menu goes away, this 
>>>>>> is undesirable IMO
>>>>>> because it becomes not practical for the user to make several 
>>>>>> changes and see what he likes most.
>>>>> I hope, that your preferences menu was just covered by some 
>>>>> previously
>>>>> hidden window, because removing the taskbar makes all hidden windows
>>>>> visible again. I think I was also baffled a bit by that behavior
>>>>> during development. Could you please test again
>>>>> and check with `World -> Windows -> Find Window`; I will retest, too.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> bye
>>>>>> Nicola
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 8/30/21 2:54 PM, Gerald Klix via Cuis-dev wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi all, Hi Juan,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Please find attached a (rather big) package that reworks
>>>>>>> the preferences menu. My main objective was to provide
>>>>>>> better user feedback by showing the currently
>>>>>>> active setting where feasible.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am looking forward toyour feedback.
>>>>>>> If the changes are acceptable,
>>>>>>> I will convert the package to change-set
>>>>>>> and resubmit it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> HTH and Best Regards,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Gerald
>>>>>
>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Gerald
>>>>
>>