Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds - summary

[Colin D Bennett <colin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 20 Aug 2011 08:09:37 -0700
Andrew Poelstra <asp11@xxxxxx> 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 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 universal as a locked thingy.
> 
> I will play with this idea. Probably I can fit a small padlock
> onto the bottom-right corner of the swatches. How clear this
> will be from a user perspective, I will not know until I try it.

I'm wondering if users will think the padlock icon should function as a
button to toggle the âlockedâ state of a layer, as in the GIMP.  In
this case, the layer is not so much locked as it is a âvirtualâ layer
that is computed based on other data.

Perhaps italicized text would be enough to at least indicate there is
something special about those layers.

Regards,
Colin


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