[GRASS-dev] Layer Manager notebook

[Anna Petrášová]

On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 3:02 AM, Vincent Bain <bain at toraval.fr> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> perhaps the tab widget does not support it, but could the label "long
> name" be provided by a mouse-over tip ?
>

No, that's not supported. I doubt people would use the tooltip anyway, you
can just switch the tab and see.

Anna

>
> Vincent.
>
>
> Le mardi 26 janvier 2016 à 08:56 +0100, Moritz Lennert a écrit :
> > On 26/01/16 03:02, Anna Petrášová wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I plan to change the style of the Layer Manager tabs in the bottom of
> > > the window from wx.FlatNotebook to wx.Notebook. The results look like
> this:
> > >
> > >
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1j-R6U3_Ct9RFd1V3JSbDRjdGc/view?usp=sharing
> > >
> > > Reasons include:
> > > * FlatNotebook behaves strangely on Ubuntu 15+ with wxpython3 wxGTK,
> > > switching tabs doesn't work well
> > > * FlatNotebook rendering glitch on MacOSX with wxpython 3 (visible in
> > > the screenshot)
> > > * FlatNotebook causes crashing when switching from 3D to 2D on MacOSX
> > > with wxpython 3 http://trac.wxwidgets.org/ticket/16357
> > > * FlatNotebook probably causes loosing focus when switching to command
> > > console
> > > * FlatNotebook probably causes some GDK critical warnings on Ubuntu
> > >
> > > Overall, by using native widget (wx.Notebook) we avoid many glitches.
> >
> > +1
> >
> > > However, the appearance will be different for different OS. I
> personally
> > > don't have problem with that, but I would suggest applying this to Mac
> > > and Linux, not Windows, because on Windows it looks ugly and since we
> > > still use wxpython 2.8, the described glitches don't apply there.
> Opinions?
> >
> > I think that ideally, whenever possible, we should avoid having
> > different treatments for different OS's. But if you all think that the
> > windows version looks too ugly (I'm quite insensitive to such issues, so
> > not a good judge), then +1 as long as windows is still wxpython 2.8.
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Related to this, any opinion on making the labels of the tabs shorter?
> >
> > For me they can be as short as you want, as I know what they are about,
> > but we have to try to think like a GRASS newbie, here. So, my
> > reflections in detail:
> >
> > >
> > > Map layers -> Layers
> >
> > +1
> >
> > > Command console -> Console
> > > Search modules -> Search
> >
> > For these two I'm not sure if the short version is clear enough on what
> > these are about: will most users understand what a 'Console' is ? At
> > what is it you can search there ?
> >
> > > Data catalogue -> Catalogue
> >
> > +1
> >
> > > Python shell -> Python
> >
> > Again, not sure if just 'Python' is enough to make it clear.
> >
> > IIUC, the reason for shortening is essentially OSX, or ? Wouldn't it be
> > possible to just slightly reduce font size ?
> >
> > Moritz
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