well, that's exactly how Netbeans does it - the name goes bold when you edit the value.
(I would say taking inspiration from Netbeans when its come to the interface is always a good idea :) 2009/1/23 Lars Huttar <[email protected]>: > On 1/23/2009 12:06 PM, Paul Ryan wrote: >> I prefer the bolding of values because that is the thing your modifying. >> Bolding of the name implies something special about that name which is not >> the case here. > > George, I was going to disagree with Paul but, having looked back more > carefully at what distinction the bold is intended to indicate, I would > come down tentatively on the side of bolding the values. As I understand > your question, the distinction you're drawing with regard to attributes > is not intrinsic to those attributes, but is totally dependent on > whether the user has entered a value in that instance. Am I right? In > that case I think the distinction is a distinction of value, not of the > attributes themselves, so it would make more sense to bold the value. > (Or both.) > > My 2 cents... > > Thanks for asking. > > Lars > > _______________________________________________ oXygen-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.oxygenxml.com/mailman/listinfo/oxygen-user
