[Bf-committers] Panels (was Re: Undo system design)

[Wouter van Heyst]

On Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 09:45:03PM +0100, GSR - FR wrote:

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> 2. Floating panels, new mode (some changes)
> 
> Currently you have to hit Esc or hit the X to close panels and they
> jump arround from invokation to invokation. Every time a panel is
> invoked, it should appear in the place it was closed last time instead
> (already done with sticky pref). It should shade / collapse in place
> too.
> 
> The purpose of this is to make panels more like persistent objects and
> avoid mouse traveling trying to hunt them.

I'd like to explicitly point out that popping up panels under the mouse
cursor can save some hunting also, both approaches have merits. You do
mention that in the next point, but by then I was already typing a reply
:)

Wouter