I'm the exact opposite and I really like it. Of course when I need to add the initial value, I usually enter it with the keyboard or copy/paste. And in that case, the Spinner widget behaves like a classical text field.
But when I edit an existing value, I very often use the up or down buttons or keys (as well as the page up/down keys which increase the value by 100). Maybe I'm the only one... ;) On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Emmanuel Lecharny <[email protected]>wrote: > Pierre-Arnaud Marcelot wrote: > >> I think, at least, we need to state in the documentation that "the Integer >> Value Editor only allows edition of integer values between -2,147,483,648 >> and +2,147,483,647, and for values outside of that range, the use of the >> In-Place Value Editor is recommended.". >> We can also try to implement a custom spinner which is based on a long, >> but >> it won't be as good as the default SWT Spinner widget (especially in terms >> of appearance an behavior on all platforms). >> >> > > Well, it may be just me, but I never liked the spinner widget to add > numbers. Usually, when I inject a number into an entry, I know exactly which > value I will put into it, and I prefer typing it. It's not like you have a > limited number to select (like a percentage). > > > > -- > -- > cordialement, regards, > Emmanuel Lécharny > www.iktek.com > directory.apache.org > > >
