On Aug 7, 2011, at 3:04 AM, a.l.e wrote:
> hi mike, > >>> The icon bar on the main window is overcrowded. And the icon bar in >>> the Story Editor is seriously overcrowded. It would be nice if each >>> could be expanded to two button bars. Then all the needed icons and >>> text windows could be displayed. The alternative, stretching the >>> existing window so that more icons appear, gets impracticable as >>> the number of hidden icons increases. A second or even a third icon >>> bar would be a better alternative. >>> -- >>> John Culleton >> >> Some programs have expandable buttons, where you click on them and a >> group of related buttons drop down in a icon button menu list. This >> would consolidate buttons nicely. > > imo, hiding things is mostly a bad solution... > > personally, i'm for removing the buttons which are not really useful or put > them in their own toolbar, which can be hidden by the people who don't use it > (like the pdf toolbar, which is not used by most people and can be easily > hidden). A good example of how you simply cannot please everybody with one solution. That's probably why many programs today allow you to right-click on any toolbar and select a Customize menu option where you can configure the buttons on each toolbar however you like. Personally, there are a lot of menu-only commands that I wish were in a toolbar to I could access them more-easily. Similarly, there are several buttons that I never use at all. The ability to customize the toolbars, even make your own user toolbars, would be a great asset to Scribus.
