Re: wxGlade GUI improvement

Hi Brendan,

please try with deactivated /Preferences -> Interface -> /"Show 
properties and tree windows as small frames".
On Windows, I prefer to have this active, but some of your observations 
will go away if you deactivate (mission control and window stacking).
Probably I should deactivate it by default on Mac OS.


For the frames without title bar: please check Properties->Widget->Style 
for such frames. Previous versions of wxGlade had a bug. They did not 
set style flags, but then created code including DEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE 
such that you would not have noticed.

If you send me examples for the spacing and preview issues, I will have 
a look whether I can fix them. For some widgets I have started to 
re-create them on style and property changes. This might be necessary 
for more, as later changes often behave differently.


Thanks for your user interface feedback. I will probably not implement 
the tabbed interface, as I don't know whether wx would support it, but 
e.g. the stacking of Palette/Tree/Properties and the minimize function 
should be possible.

Regards,

Dietmar


On 4/25/2018 1:27 PM, Brendan Simon (eTRIX) wrote:
> Hi Dietmar,
>
> Glad to see you are still motivated to keep on improving wxGlade after 
> all the hard work you've put in already.
>
> I use wxGlade predominantly on a Mac, but I only use it sporadically.  
> Here is my feedback.
>
>  *
>
>     I dislike the way the preview and design windows are always at the
>     bottom of the stack and other windows overlay it (properties and
>     tree).  I have to keep moving these windows around so I can see
>     the preview/design.
>
>   * The palette window isn't very user friendly.
>       o When it is resized the widgets should move to fit, or scroll
>         bars should be drawn where necessary to be able to see the
>         widgets that are not shown.
>       o The palette window can definitely be revamped by using some
>         kind of notebook perhaps.
>       o Being able to select a widget, see some help/description, play
>         with some settings and see the results in a sandbox _before_
>         placing in the design might be useful ?? (just thinking out loud)
>  *
>
>     In the latest release the layout of the design windows differs
>     from the preview window.
>
>      o
>
>         Design window => does not have a title bar (bug?)
>
>      o
>
>         Design window => some widgets (buttons) are right next to each
>         other where as they have larger spacing in the preview window
>         (bug?)
>
>      o
>
>         Design windows shows a bit map but preview doesn't (bug?).  If
>         anything I would assume the preview window should show the
>         bitmap (as it's a supposed to render a preview of the finished
>         product right?)
>
>  *
>
>     Some Windows aren't true windows from OS perspective (at least on
>     Mac).
>
>       o If I swipe down with 4 fingers on trackpad, I should get an
>         overview of all the applications windows.  With wxGlade I see
>         the Preview, Design and Palette.  I don't see the Tree and
>         Property windows at all.
>
>
> I would consider looking at the Eclipse IDE for some ideas (I can 
> appreciate you're not trying to develop a full blown IDE).  I use it 
> for some C++ and Python.  It has sub-windows/regions, each of which 
> can be minimised or maximised.  Each region has tabs for the window 
> view (e.g. an editor, browser, console, etc).  Each window can be 
> dragged to any other region or to a new area to create a new region.  
> If this is something the wx framework can provide then great.
>
> Below I have outlined what I think could be simple and useful, with 
> the Palette, Tree and Properties windows in one region, which could be 
> minimised or dragged narrower to view more of the design area.  Also 
> the individual Palette, Tree or Property windows could be individually 
> collapsed to give more room for the others if desired.
>
> I'd also look at notebook tabs for different views (frames) that occur 
> in the app.  A user would select a frame/dialog, right click and 
> select "view in new tab" (or maybe double click) to create a new tab 
> to view the frame/dialog.  The user can then easily navigate between 
> the designs by clicking on the tabs.
>
> +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
>
> |toolbar ### ## ###                         |
> +----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
> |>Palette                 | Frame 1 | Frame 2 | Dialog 3 | |
> |                            +---------+ +----------+-----------------|
> ||                                                |
> | |                                                |
> +----------------------------+ 
>                                                |
> |>Tree |                                                |
> | |                                                |
> | |                                                |
> | |                                                |
> | |                                                |
> | |                                                |
> | |                                                |
> | |                                                |
> | |                                                |
> +----------------------------+ 
>                                                |
> |>Properties |                                                |
> | |                                                |
> | |                                                |
> | |                                                |
> | |                                                |
> | |                                                |
> | |                                                |
> | |                                                |
> | |                                                |
> +----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
> |status                     |
> +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
>

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