[Bf-funboard] New Pulldown menus

[Ton Roosendaal]

Hi,

Yah, it's experimenting here...

Pro:
- auto-open allows to browse the options without the need for click. It  
can efficiently replace rows of buttons.

- it prevents mouse strain. Especially the popup we had that required  
holding the mouse was something I disliked more and more.
But; of course this doesnt have to open automatically.

Con:
- I sometimes find it annoying too that it opens accidentally...

It's a simple one-liner in the code to tweak this. I mailed before that  
in fact 2 variables could be a user option:
- auto open threshold first time
- auto open threshold second time (for submenus or other pulldowns)

Another idea is to only allow this behaviour for real pulldown menus,  
not for buttons inside a buttonpanel.

Now, come with proposals what *you* like to see!

-Ton-




On Saturday, Oct 11, 2003, at 00:45 Europe/Amsterdam, Alexander Ewering  
wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to somehow convince myself of the idea that the
> new interface is more usable, and while I'm doing that, I
> notice that the new Pulldown-menus (like in Effects->
> Build/Wave/Particles) are incredibly difficult to operate
> [for me].
>
> Whenever I try to quickly select an option like I'm used to,
> it either disappears while i'm still moving the mouse cursor
> to the right option, or it just doesn't open at all, or its
> value doesn't change.
>
> I guess this automatic timing stuff is not quite compatible
> with my (and other peoples') workflow.
>
>
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