On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 01:05:33 +0200 Kai-Martin Knaak <k...@familieknaak.de> wrote:
> Andrew Poelstra wrote: > > > I think such a thing would look like: > > http://wpsoftware.net/andrew/dump/selector.png > > > > What do people think of this? > > Invisibility by greyed out buttons is much more easily grasped > on a glance than presence or abcense of an eye icon. I'd prefer to > not have eye icons and signal visibility by greying out. > > Fat print of the current layer is a nice way to signal the current > layer. Maybe the background of the layer name can be highlighted in > some way, too. The current layer is one of the most important bits > of information the layer block delivers. > > Buttons should be all the same size, rather than just the > size of the respective layer name. > > If you go for such a radical change, please make it so, that > the larger button selects the current layer. Select of a layer > is much more common than change of visibility. > > ---<)kaimartin(>--- I'd just like to give my "+1" to this idea. Colored boxes, "eyes", and plain text as Andrew showed, plus bold text and a subtle highlight to the background behind the "selected" layer. It would be a good idea to add a border around each button, perhaps only visible on mouseover, to imply to new users that those items can be clicked on. I can't say I like the idea of a greyed-out button though, as this to my mind says "disabled and won't respond if clicked on", rather than simply "hidden". -- "There are some things in life worth obsessing over. Most things aren't, and when you learn that, life improves." http://digitalaudioconcepts.com Vanessa Ezekowitz <vanessaezekow...@gmail.com> _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user