Subject: Win32 lists dlg
From: Mike Nordell (tamlin@algonet.se)
Date: Wed Nov 22 2000 - 18:58:06 CST
I had this problem in my mind all the time, but postponed it until the last
possible moment. Perhaps a bad decision.
Looking at the GTK+ implementation it seems like the font "button"
(drop-list) contains all available fonts in the system, the QNX version
seems to not even care about this. If the case is that the GTK+
implementations does display all possible fonts in the system I *strongly*
suggest an alternative solution, and this is about the way I will implement
it.
I will only create a "Font" button to let the user select a new font. I
will not present the text "Current Font" on that *Button* and I currently
will not display what font the user selected in the Lists dialog.
This is one of the UI deceisions I agree with Microsoft about, don't display
a drop-list (i.e. a combobox without user-editable data) for fonts.
Selecting font is such a complex operation that it should (IMHO) be confined
to one single dialog, and that's the dialog I intend to use for it.
Any input is welcome.
/Mike - please don't cc
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