On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 3:18 PM, Kian Karas <kian.karas....@gmail.com> wrote:
> It's an industrial device with a 4.5" screen. The only input method is a > keypad. The keypad has up/down/left/right/enter/back buttons (and some other > domain specific keys). The before mentioned keys are used to navigate a menu > system. > > The menu system is a tree structure with multiple levels. It is used to > access new views (different from the menu view; domain specific functions), > status information (e.g. serial no., SW version, etc.) and change settings. The menu system is a tree structure, but each screen is a flat list. So yes, you’d need a list, not a tree. > Here's a screenshot of status information, including the string that does > not fit (last row): > https://imgur.com/a/4XlTK This way of organizing information is sometimes called a property list. Initially a two-column table seems to be an obvious implementation, but it suffers from this particular problem when horizontal space is limited. How long is that NATID? I see 13 digits and an indication there are more. Is there any convention to split that into groups, like you see 1234 5678 9012 3456 on bank cards? That would help readability. At the same time, it introduces natural points to wrap lines. Part Number 71-000000 Version 47.11D Build Number kk-5910 NATID 8988 1697 0000 0000 0013 Also it looks like the left column is too wide. The longest visible label is Build Number but the NATID value starts way to the right. If wrapping is not an option, I’d try to make the labels shorter. In a pinch, “Number” can be shortened to “#”. Lastly, for this screen, you could skip the list box altogether and organize the property list as a single column GtkBox, where each child is a single row GtkBox, with the label in the left cell and value in the right cell. This approach takes you off the listbox grid; you can have one row with a long label and a short value, and another row with a short label and a long value. Part Number 71-000000 Version 47.11D Build Number kk-5910 NATID 8988 1697 0000 0000 0013 Sorry for turning it into a “what you want is wrong” discussion :) _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list