[Bf-taskforce25] Current GUI glitches (probably already known, but just for the record ; )

[Brian Staub]

yeah, very!  it happens whether i'm using the mouse, pen, or trackpad... so i have no clue  =/
are you using py2.5?


On 21 Jul, 2009, at 6:49 PM, Brian Staub wrote:

Hi.
>
>I want to bring a few GUI issues to the attention of the Devs, who are doing an in-cred-ible job btw(!), which they might be aware of... but just for the record.  
>These issues are apparent in the intel OS X builds from inazuma on graphicall.
>
>1)  when dragging around sub-panels to rearrange them, the dragging distance for the panel and mouse cursor do not stay in sync.
>in other words, the sub-panel drags at a rate faster than the rate of the mouse, which often makes it hard to place a sub-panel at the
>right location because the sub-panel will reach the edge of the screen before the cursor.
>
>screenshot of Transform sub-panel being dragged
>http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn291/bobStaub/displacedSub-Panel00.jpg
>

>Strange, I use OS X and have never seen this issue. I even have the exact same machine and OS version as you.




>2) recently committed was a nice fix for preserving blank space in panels left over from collapsing sub-panels until the user scrolls to the top of the panel.
>it currently has issues which makes the panel auto scroll until there is no blank space.
>
>3) when reducing the size of headers where the buttons are not entirely visible, icons disappear.
>

Yeah, there are a few areas where Blender prematurely clips icons and text. Also in the bottom of the outliner, items disappear.




>screenshot
>http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn291/bobStaub/iconsInHeaderDisappear.jpg
>
>lastly, and a personal preference, i think the scroll bars would look nicer without a mouse-down state where the shadow changes direction.
>i think it to be a little distracting.
>
>thank you for any consideration, and congrats on the excellent progress so far  =)
>
>brian
>
>system specs:
>OS X 10.5.7 w. py2.5
>17" 'Unibody' MacbookPro, 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo w/ 6MB shared L2 cache on 1.07 GHz FSB
>4 GB DDR3 SDRAM
>128 GB Solid State Drive
>NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT discrete graphics w/ 512 MB VRAM and NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics w/ 256 MB VRAM, 1920 x 1200 native resolution
>
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