[Bf-funboard] Panel headers (more mockups) (Luke)

[William Reynish]

I've read through this panel header discussion, and
I'd just like to add my two cents. By far the most
elegant, clear usable design has to be the one
implemented currently. It is very clear what panel is
selected, that the header han be dragged, and it also
looks by far the nicest. In early pre 2.3 builds there
were some issues before the header was finalised, but
I it really did turn out excelent by the time 2.3 was
released.

The colour of the header in a single-tab panel and a
tab in a multi-tab panel differs, which is good, you
must remember they react diferently when clicking! The
grey part allows for dragging in both situations and
the tab part switches tabs. The selected tab also has
the same colour as the panel, which is very good.

There are many many areas of Blender that could be
improved UI wise, but honestly I think the panel
headers are just perfect as they are now. It really
don't think it is confusing. ´



 --- Luke Wenke <iljwamh1234567890@hotmail.com> skrev:
> Since most of the header (except for the "render"
> part) is separated from
> the panel, I think it's ok. If people accidently
> start the drag too low then
> nothing happens. They should be able to guess that
> the drag probably started
> too low....
> As far as Matt's most recently posted mock-up goes,
>
http://mke3.net:9000/blender/ui/layout/panel_single_tab.png
> in blender only the header can be dragged, and in
> the pic isn't very clear
> that that is so. I mean it seems the "Anim" panel
> may be draggable using
> space near the centre of the panel. Blender could be
> modified so that panels
> could be dragged without dragging the headers, but
> then people might
> accidently drag a control (like a numberfield or
> slider) when they wanted to
> drag the panel (maybe that isn't a problem).
> - Luke.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> 
>
http://wrstud.urz.uni-wuppertal.de/~ka0394/en/blender_ui/panel_tabs/panel_outline_2.png
> > theres the problem the header of the active tab is
> not seperated from the
> > panel. I mean, the tab-header should have a clear
> border being a control
> > of its own. But it must also be obvious it's
> connected to its panel.
> > That's why I extended the active tabs with that
> border in the other
> examples.
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