[Bf-funboard] property panel "switch" section toggles.. thoughts?

[Knapp]

On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 6:21 AM, David Jeske <davidj at gmail.com> wrote:
> Property panel sections are busy and hard to follow, somewhat on account of
> the un-aligned text-titles. The text-titles are unaligned because of the
> section enable/disable checkboxes pushing them around. Those checkboxes are
> also easily confused with checkboxes in the sections..
>
> Harley and I have tossed around a bunch of ideas to try to allow the titles
> to align, and it's a tough problem. Today, the idea of using
> mobile-inspired "switch" toggles came up. They make the section toggles
> more clear, can be placed on the right to align the text, and work with
> both the current default theme, and when background and header colors are
> enabled..
>
> Here is the concept on the default theme.. (this is not a final switch
> icon, just a concept)
>
>    http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=55611
>
> Here is the concept with "show header + show background" themes turned on:
>
>    http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=55610
>
> Thoughts?

I find the first one much easier to read than the second one.


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