Re: Vincent_ what is the expected behavior for Frame setting dialog

Hi Ingo,

I also have noticed that this issue exists in box/table/frame.
> I'd expect: settings and preview show actual format of box/table/frame when
> dialog opens, but settings and preview (which may have been changed by the
> user meanwhile to try out - but not yet applied - different settings) don't
> change while dialog is running and the cursor is placed into another
> box/table/frame.

in fact, user can set Frame's top, left, right, bottom thickness. so
which thickness should we display when user open Frame setting dialog?
       a. first time open Frame setting dialog(no setting Frame
thickness before) ==> we can display default thickness.
       b. not first time =====>
           if users set top, left, right, bottom thickness the same
=======> we can display the same value
           if users set top, left, right, bottom thickness seperately
to not the same =====> what should we display?

please advise~

Vincent

在 2012年4月4日 上午7:42，Ingo Brückl <ib@wupperonline.de> 写道：
>
> vincent.abiword wrote on Wed, 4 Apr 2012 00:22:09 +0800:
>
>> 1. http://bugzilla.abisource.com/show_bug.cgi?id=13308
>> Frame format setting dialog can't remember user's thickness setting.
>
> There is a similar bug with the GTK "Text Box", "Table" and "Borders and
> Shading" format setting dialogs as well which is kinda hard to describe.
>
> When setting border color/thickness/style or shading/background color and
> either switching to another box/table/frame or reopening the formatting
> dialog, there is a discrepancy between the actual formatting of the element,
> the settings in the dialog and the preview area. The settings are often (but
> not always) reset to color black, thickness 1/2 pt and background black while
> the preview area almost (but not always correctly) shows the actual
> formatting of the element, and the preview will stick to settings that have
> been changed, but canceled and not applied, even if the dialog is reopened.
> (Is this description understandable?)
>
> The question is: How should the dialogs behave?
>
> If I enter a text box, table or frame with the cursor, what should the
> dialogs settings and the preview show? What should they show if reopened?
>
> I'd expect: settings and preview show actual format of box/table/frame when
> dialog opens, but settings and preview (which may have been changed by the
> user meanwhile to try out - but not yet applied - different settings) don't
> change while dialog is running and the cursor is placed into another
> box/table/frame.
>
> Is this a reasonable and the favored behavior?
>
> Ingo
Received on Wed Apr 4 05:18:46 2012