Re: Xforms dialogs: can the text_warning area go?

2002-09-27 Thread Angus Leeming
On Friday 27 September 2002 11:59 am, R. Lahaye wrote: > Angus Leeming wrote: > > On Friday 27 September 2002 4:13 am, R. Lahaye wrote: > >>Jürgen and others, > >> > >>Some time ago I posted my desire to remove the text_warning > >>areas in the Xforms > >> > >>dialogs. You (Jürgen) replied then th

Re: Xforms dialogs: can the text_warning area go?

2002-09-27 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
R. Lahaye wrote: > OK - got it. I'll stop arguing. I would put in a smile on another day. > But, may I then suggest to change the font size of the message from > "FL_SMALL_SIZE" to "FL_NORMAL_SIZE"? Yes, shure. > The font is difficult to read, because it's in red. No idea who changed that. I

Re: Xforms dialogs: can the text_warning area go?

2002-09-27 Thread R. Lahaye
Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: > R. Lahaye wrote: > >>The space is always occupied by the (mostly void) text widget; and >>all it says (to the power user!) that the input is invalid. > > > No, it's a hint to the unexperienced user. We have disabled the input filter > for the power users, which mi

Re: Xforms dialogs: can the text_warning area go?

2002-09-27 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
R. Lahaye wrote: > The space is always occupied by the (mostly void) text widget; and > all it says (to the power user!) that the input is invalid. No, it's a hint to the unexperienced user. We have disabled the input filter for the power users, which might irritate the unexperienced user (see b

Re: Xforms dialogs: can the text_warning area go?

2002-09-27 Thread R. Lahaye
Angus Leeming wrote: > On Friday 27 September 2002 4:13 am, R. Lahaye wrote: > >>Jürgen and others, >> >>Some time ago I posted my desire to remove the text_warning >>areas in the Xforms >> >>dialogs. You (Jürgen) replied then that: >> >>>I have spent a lot of time in implementing this "power use

Re: Xforms dialogs: can the text_warning area go?

2002-09-27 Thread Angus Leeming
On Friday 27 September 2002 4:13 am, R. Lahaye wrote: > Jürgen and others, > > Some time ago I posted my desire to remove the text_warning > areas in the Xforms > > dialogs. You (Jürgen) replied then that: > > I have spent a lot of time in implementing this "power user" > > stuff (ability to enter

Re: Xforms dialogs: can the text_warning area go?

2002-09-26 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
R. Lahaye wrote: > As a test example, I have attached how this may look like in the graphics > dialog (the text_warning is still there in the example, but that should > then go!) IMHO the warning message is a bit clearer for new users, but I don't mind as long as there is some kind of visual fee

Xforms dialogs: can the text_warning area go?

2002-09-26 Thread R. Lahaye
Jürgen and others, Some time ago I posted my desire to remove the text_warning areas in the Xforms dialogs. You (Jürgen) replied then that: > I have spent a lot of time in implementing this "power user" stuff (ability to > enter length directly without the choices). Please think twice before r