Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

["Bert Timmerman" <bert.timmerman@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Andrew and all, 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: geda-user-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:geda-user-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andrew Poelstra
> Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 8:02 AM
> To: gEDA user mailing list
> Subject: Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds
> 
> 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 current buttons' indication of which layers 
> are visible 
> > > (change of fill color and text color with inset or outset 
> border). 
> > > Maybe something better can be done.
> > 
> > Photoshop (and also GIMP) use a small on/off icon that 
> looks like an 
> > eye to control layer visibility. This may or may not be a 
> good way to 
> > do it, but it is certainly a familiar UI to many people.
> >
> 
> I think such a thing would look like:
> http://wpsoftware.net/andrew/dump/selector.png
> 
> What do people think of this? 
> 
> --
> Andrew Poelstra
> Email: asp11 at sfu.ca OR apoelstra at wpsoftware.net
> Web:   http://www.wpsoftware.net/andrew/
> 
> 

The radiobuttons on the left were used for the selection of the active layer
and behave "1 out of many" (1ooM).

The (coloured) buttons with layernames on the right were used for visibility
of a layer(group).

And yes there is some "dead" space betewwen the latter buttons and the
canvas.

IMHO, the former proposal with visibilty buttons without "rectangles" is the
improvement we are looking for, and we should exploit screen real estate
more aggressively and maybe even go as far as truncate layernames to 6..8
chars.

Whatever we change, we should keep the (shortened) layernames in the button
to assist our colourblind users.

Kind regards,

Bert Timmerman.



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