Re: Malformed checkboxes in Window Attributes window

On Tue,  7 Jul 2015 at 10:58:13 +0000, Rodolfo García Peñas (kix) wrote:
> 
> Alwin <[email protected]> escribió:
> 
> >Hi,
> >
> >Josip Deanovic schreef:
> >>Hi!
> >>
> >>Did anybody else notice the malformed look of checkboxes in "Window
> >>Attributes" window?
> >
> >Yes, but it's not malformed. The first (read-only) box indicates
> >the window hint requested by the program. The second one is a
> >tristate check box, that can be changed to override it. Some
> >programs (GNOME/GTK?) might need it to run correctly under Window
> >Maker. (See also the Help balloon, when hovering the first check
> >box.
> >
> >It can also be used to remove the resize bar on some Window Maker
> >panels, as they can't be resized currently. To turn the resize bar
> >off in those panels by default, would look better imho: WPrefs
> >panel, Color panel, and the panels for opening
> >images/directories/programs.
> 
> Hello,
> 
> IMO, this new feature is terrible :-)
> 
> I don't like it and is difficult to understand for an user. Is not
> intutive. The checkboxes don't have title or something like that
> show what they do.
> 
> Really the user want to know the hint requested by the program?
> 
> If the dialog.c/panels* needs handle titlebar, resizebar,... it
> could be implemented in the window.c/wCreateInternalWindow function.
> 
> IMO, this feature should be removed and find new ideas for the problems.

I agree. The current layout is confusing, looks bad, and has no
counterpart in NEXTSTEP afaik. Furthermore, having the two types of
checkboxes side by side looks redundant.

Christophe, I guess this solution needs to be reverted.


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