On Fri, 2010-05-28 at 08:23 +0200, Martin Nordholts wrote: > On 05/27/2010 06:48 PM, Michael Natterer wrote: > > Yes, the concern is that tool buttons *do* have a fixed size, and I > > really don't think we should scale them. The interface is IMHO > > better with the resize steps. There is no reason to have non-square > > buttons, because it doesn't exactly look good or professional. > > > > --mitch > > I have to admit rectangular buttons doesn't look very pretty. So how > about vertically centering the toolbox? Mockup, where left is "worst > case" and the right one is "one pixel extra wide": > > http://files.chromecode.com/temp/button-spacing-collected.png > > We get the best of both worlds: > > * Ability to pixel perfectly adapt the toolbox to any windowing setup > and an interface with a smoother feel to it > * Always square and nice-looking and compact tool buttons
I'm sorry but I absolutely don't see how the minor benefit of resizing the toolbox freely outweights the advantage of *always* having a nicely laid out toolbox. I'm all for code simplification and freely configurable windows, but this feels like overdoing it. --mitch _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
