On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Michael Blumenkrantz <michael.blumenkra...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:11:47 -0200 > Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri <barbi...@profusion.mobi> wrote: > >> On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Jeff Hoogland <jeffhoogl...@linux.com> >> wrote: >> > Is it possible to "link" multiple lists together so they scroll at the same >> > time? >> >> you could simulate this (I do not recommend) by creating your own >> gengrid item class and style. This style would define multiple Edje >> parts, the cells for those columns. These have fixed size (ie: 200px), >> or proportional size (ie: 20%) or even be dynamically calculated and >> expand horizontally based on some factor (the largest label?). In the >> last case you'd have to go and call item.update() for every item, so >> they can expand to the new maximum size. >> >> What I do recommend is you to look at every modern GUI and none of >> those use these anymore. It's usually used for large number of items, >> where the number of information can be overwhelming. You better >> segment the information and plan what to show. For instance, the >> package manager you sent should do what it delegate to user... come >> on, show the "installed version" and "available version"? Why not just >> an icon with tri-state: installed and updated, installed and outdated, >> uninstalled. Could even not be an icon, but a bg color to make it easy >> to spot. If I were doing a package manager, I'd as well merge similar >> packages with different parts, as it's useless to have them in the >> main list, just click to open more details (instead of show -dev, >> -dbg, -examples, -doc... you just show package name, click and it >> expand (or another window/popup/frame) show each element and status. > > while I agree that it's misused in most cases, I still see no better > alternative for a desktop music player gui. the ability to dynamically > see/sort aligned rows containing artist/track/title does not seem to be > replaceable.
It's a matter of getting used. For instance, I'm using iTunes (http://www.apple.com/itunes/whats-new/) and like the new GUI, they still have that view as an options, and that's the view when you choose "all music", but they have these other that are nice to use: - http://images.apple.com/itunes/whats-new/images/redesigned_player_albumview.jpg you click the album and it expands in line with the music. - http://images.apple.com/itunes/whats-new/images/redesigned_player_bonusfeatures1.jpg similar to the album, you click the artist and it will show albums and top music. - http://37signals.com/svn/images/itunes-album-view-large.jpg previous album view, in list-like mode. The last one is more similar to a list, but as you can see it's not a regular list, as some cells are expanded vertically inside an album. So it's a custom widget/view as well. -- Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri http://profusion.mobi embedded systems -------------------------------------- MSN: barbi...@gmail.com Skype: gsbarbieri Mobile: +55 (19) 9225-2202 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. ON SALE this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnnow-d2d _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
