Subject: Re: Better looking find/replace dialog in Unix (fixes bug #640)
From: Aaron Lehmann (aaronl@vitelus.com)
Date: Thu Jun 29 2000 - 21:39:13 CDT
Checkin patch from Anders Melchiorsen
<postmaster@and.nospam.kampsax.k-net.dk> to make the replace dialog
better. New shots too.
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On 30 Jun 2000, Anders Melchiorsen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> the enclosed patch enhances the GTK+ find/replace dialog in the
> following ways:
>
> · No compiler warnings for possibly uninitialized variables
> for the replace widgets.
>
> · The dialog has a minimum size instead of a constant
> size. This makes sure the dialog is sized correctly even with
> non-default themes.
>
> · The dialog can be resized (someone might want to search for
> long strings and like to see the entire search string).
>
> · Extra horizontal space is given to the entry widgets instead
> of being wasted on air around the labels.
>
> · A separator is added above the action buttons.
>
> · The "Find Next" button is placed after the replace
> buttons. This makes the find and the replace dialogs have
> "Find Next" placed in the same spot.
>
> This, along with my print dialog patch commited a few days, fixes bug
> #640 as far as I can see. Am I supposed to mess with Bugzilla to
> reflect that I have tried fixing this?
>
>
> I have included screen shots of the new find and replace dialogs. For
> comparison I have also included a shot of what the replace dialog
> looked like in 0.7.10 with my theme settings.
>
> I think this patch provides a considerable improvement though I am
> still not too happy with the situation of the GTK+ dialogs.
>
>
> Regards,
> Anders.
>
>
>
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