On Saturday, November 17, 2012 19:36:27 Marco Martin wrote: > On Saturday 17 November 2012, Aaron J. Seigo wrote: > > > like if is more than ~20 characters wide, we would assume is not > > > something serving as a simple menu, but is a complex thing, so center... > > > > or maybe just compare the popup size to the target item size .. if the > > target item is N times wider/taller (depending on orientation) than the > > popup, position at event location. otherwise center. > > > > N = 2 might work? > > but is also true that when n is < 2 the difference between centered and on > the left isn't that much anymore...
exactly; it's when it is N > 2 (or some other fixed constant we find through trial and error) that alignment to the trigger event (e.g. mouse press) becomes better. that's sort of the problem: for different ratios of popup to target, the answer of 'what looks best and is easier to use' changes. > so what about trying to just default to centered and see how it works? for N < 2, sure. for things the width of the taskbar, it really sucks. i tried this in the past, which is why it stayed left aligned by default. > also noting that with this different behavior based on the popup size, the > behavior can get a bit "magical" in the bad sense a bit inconsistent. i'm not sure it would be magical in the *bad* sense. if the "magical choice" is simply more convenient in each case (and the user does not need to adapt much or at all when the choice varies) then it won't matter. -- Aaron J. Seigo
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