[Bf-committers] 2.5 UI font

[Vilem Novak]

Hello, these are good ideas, but I guess while horizontal layout really is asking for trouble, there are issues with vertical layout that can be finished after the proposals, and make everybody reasonably satisfied(at least 1 working UI)>
solve issue with still-horizontal and long header
possibly tab-ed panels
some more readability and space issues
I guess this list is much shorter and possibly easier to accomplish?
VN.
> ------------ Původní zpráva ------------
> Od: William Reynish <billrey at me.com>
> Předmět: Re: [Bf-committers] 2.5 UI font
> Datum: 09.12.2009 00:15:09
> ----------------------------------------
> Hi,
> 
> I'm not quite following this debate.
> 
> First of all, horizontal properties are still available:
> http://www.reynish.com/files/blender25/horizontal_buts.png
> 
> This image really shows the issue with horizontal layout (bad use of space),
> which was already largely unusable in 2.49. Many panels already varied in height
> back then (See Mirror in Shading context or especially constraints and
> modifiers), and the ones that didn't largely consisted of random, unorganized
> buttons.
> 
> Second, are you proposing to have two independent layouts for horizontal and
> vertical layouts? If so, I don't see that solving any issues. Conversely I think
> it's asking for trouble.
> 
> That said, I'm all for a solution that makes it possible to have a vertical or
> horizontal layout, but so far there's been talk about it in vague terms. Better
> to get actual proposals/mockups/something concrete.
> 
> Whichever way I can think of looking at it, the problem comes down to this: How
> do we organize panels of arbitrary height in a horizontal fashion?
> 
> 
> Three possible solutions I can think of:
> 
> 1: remove horizontal layout - use vertical instead
> 2: keep it as-is to ease transition to vertical
> 3: Implement clever way to make panels 'wrap around' and spill contents into the
> next panel column
> 4: Use a simple type of 'autofit' to make panels fit into the available space
> without spilling/splitting panels over multiple columns
> 
> Did I miss any?
> 
> Something like option 3 is of course theoretically possible, though that both
> requires a fair bit of work, and I don't think its really viable in terms of
> usability. What it means is that panels would jump around as you resize the
> properties area, making the UI seem very unstable. Option 4 implies headers not
> always aligned, making eye scanning through many panels difficult.
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> -William
> 
> 
> On 8 Dec, 2009, at 8:35 PM, GSR wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > dingto at gmx.de (2009-12-08 at 1903.45 +0100):
> >> honestly. 2.5 was designed for vertical buttons window in the first 
> >> place, everything else is up to the user, who can modifiy the layout 
> >> files as he wish.
> > 
> > So there will be lots of redundant work that is not properly
> > shared. There should be no problem if layout engine provided
> > horizontal functions, just add two functions draw_horizontal and
> > draw_vertical, move current contents of draw to draw_vertical and make
> > draw have an if/else decide (until h is implemented, use v
> > one). Finally let users become new developers and contribute the
> > draw_horizontal code.
> > 
> > GSR
> > 
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