Very useful feature, a big plus one. Actually, this feature is something I would like to see in mainstream ASAP because it will be a huge addition to the multi-selection feature.
On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 5:39 AM, Simon Schampijer <si...@schampijer.de> wrote: > Hi, > > at the EduJam we discussed the need to remove the 'Keep'/'Keep as' button > from the activity toolbar. Part of that removal is an option to easily copy > a Journal entry / make a duplicate of a Journal entry. While preparing a > patch for that I came over a few cleanups which I would like to share with > the design team first before finishing up the patch and sending for review. > > First I want to describe what the situation is now: > > [0] The copy option in the palette in the Journal list view will trigger a > 'copy to clipboard'. > > [1] In the detail view of a Journal entry clicking on the button will do a > 'copy to clipboard' and the secondary option in the palette will let you > copy to a storage device if available. > > [2] The palette of an entry of a storage device lets you 'copy to > clipboard'. > > [3] In the detail view of a storage device entry clicking on the button will > do a 'copy to clipboard' and the secondary option in the palette will let > you copy to the Journal. > > > Following the design idea in > http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/File:Journal-04.jpeg I think it would be great > to introduce a copy-to option to make things clearer. > > [4] The copy option in the palette in the Journal list view will be called > 'Copy to' and the secondary options will contain: 'Clipboard', 'Journal' and > storage devices if available. > > [5] In the detail view of a Journal entry the secondary option in the > palette will let you copy to the Journal and to a storage device if > available. The option will be renamed to 'Copy to'. Not part of the > screenshot: I would add here as well the option for copying to the Clipboard > (first) and when clicking on the button reveal the palette to show the > options. > > [6] The copy option in the palette in the storage view will be called 'Copy > to' and the secondary options will contain: 'Clipboard' and 'Journal'. Not > part of the screenshot: I guess we could add here as well the option of > making a copy of the item and save it to the storage device(s) (would be > consistent with the option in the Journal list view). > > [7] In the detail view of a the storage device entry the secondary option in > the palette will let you copy to the Journal. The option will be renamed to > 'Copy to'. Not part of the screenshot: I would add here as well the option > for copying to the Clipboard (first) and when clicking on the button reveal > the palette to show the options. I guess we could add here as well the > option of making a copy of the item and save it to the storage device(s) > (would be consistent with the option in the Journal detail view). > > > Let me know if this makes sense, other ideas. > > Thanks, > Simon > > [0] http://dev.laptop.org/~erikos/copy/0_copy-now.png > [1] http://dev.laptop.org/~erikos/copy/1_copy-now-journal.png > [2] http://dev.laptop.org/~erikos/copy/2_copy-now-usb.png > [3] http://dev.laptop.org/~erikos/copy/3_copy-now-usb-detail.png > > [4] http://dev.laptop.org/~erikos/copy/4_copy-to.png > [5] http://dev.laptop.org/~erikos/copy/5_copy-to-detail.png > [6] http://dev.laptop.org/~erikos/copy/6_copy-to-usb.png > [7] http://dev.laptop.org/~erikos/copy/7_copy_to_usb_detail.png > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sugar-devel mailing list > Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
