On 17/08/2010, at 3:41 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: > Recently, Monte Goulding wrote: > >> The plugin is well suited to using drawers on OS X to integrate IG settings >> with the standalone builder interface. I'm just wondering what people think I >> should do on Windows? Has anyone done drawer emulation and is it worthwhile >> and appreciated my users? > > I think you'll find people who will argue both sides of what is or is not > appropriate for Windows. From an implementation standpoint (not > philosophical), I've only been able to figure out 2 ways of doing a drawer > like window: a 2-stack approach, with the front stack being a palette so it > always stacks in front a topLevel drawer stack, or a stack with 2 custom > windowShapes -- a closed state and an opened state.
Hmm... neither of these are options for the ig rev plugin. > If you were open to modifying your design, you could build the drawer as a > group within your mainStack -- a pane that opens inward from the left edge, > instead of outside the mainStack. True, this would temporarily obscure the > controls of the mainStack, but it would solve a multitude of challenges that > you'll probably face when trying to implement an actual drawer. Hmm.. I can't do that without modifying revStandaloneSettings and that's going to cause maintenance issues. I'll see what it feels like with palettes on windows but I may need to come up with a plan b... Cheers Monte_______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution