On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:14:09 +0300
Martin Vermeer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 04:04:35PM +0200, Helge Hafting wrote:
> > Charstyles is nice for something - and now I even get
> > the URL charstyle automatically when opening older documents.
> > (Yes, I use 1.6 for work :-)
> >
> > All very fine, but one problem. Whenever the cursor moves through an
> > URL charstyle, stuff on the screen jumps all over the place.
> > That is very distracting.
> >
> > The line with the URL is shifted slightly down, possibly to make
> > room for the upper corners that mark the URL inset.
> >
> > The lines below the URL downshifts a lot, probably to make
> > room for a label. But the URL charstyle don't have a label!
> >
> >
> > Suggestions for improvements:
> > 1. If there is no label (or a blank label or whatever),
> > don't try to make any room. No need!
> >
> > 2. Don't shift the line down. Use whatever local line height there is,
> > and adapt the corners to that instead. Exceptions might be
> > necessary for heavily nested styles, but it'd be _very_ nice if _no_
> > text moves when entering a single charstyle. Ideally, no movement
> > even within two levels. Many levels will probably be rare.
> > This will make editing (or simply using LyX as a reader) much easier.
> >
> > If more visual feedback is needed, consider bigger corners,
> > colors, or whatever. Even "marching ants" is a lot less disruptive
> > than moving the line that I am reading.
> >
> > 3. Possibly show the current style (and nested styles too?) on
> > the status line, so stuffing labels into the text won't be necessary.
> > A "charstyle combobox" in addition to the "paragraph style" box
> > will also serve this purpose, and of course it offers easier use
> > of charstyles too. Which is probably what we want. :-)
> >
> > Helge Hafting
>
> If Bo gets his info-on-mouseover working, the label can be permanently
> disabled if turned off. Then nothing will move. It's the label (always
> drawn when inside the inset) that causes the movement. It's not true
> what you say that URL has no label; in fact it has an empty label. The
> worst of both worlds ;-/
>
> (I could add specialcasing for that to InsetCollapsable; rather not.
> The patch for this is attached, in case somebody likes it. BTW why is
> URL in charstyles and not in custom insets? I spent some quality time
> looking for it :-( )
>
> - Martin
>
Actually the better way to do it is the attached. I'll commit this if
no objection is heard.
- Martin
Index: url.module
===================================================================
--- url.module (revision 20941)
+++ url.module (working copy)
@@ -3,12 +3,17 @@
Format 4
InsetLayout URL
- LyXType charstyle
- LatexType command
+ LyXType custom
+ LatexType command
LatexName url
+ Decoration minimalistic
+ LabelString URL
Font
- Family Typewriter
+ Family Typewriter
EndFont
+ LabelFont
+ Family Typewriter
+ EndFont
Preamble
\usepackage{url}
EndPreamble
