search

gp1313 / iep

Automatically exported from code.google.com/p/iep
0 stars 0 forks source link

Empty shortcut mappings - display something else than "<>" for empty mappings. #192

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 8 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
As per general software conventions - when no shortcut is set, display nothing.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by zaha...@gmail.com on 9 Mar 2013 at 2:48

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
(Regarding Shortcut mappings config window, of course)

Original comment by zaha...@gmail.com on 9 Mar 2013 at 2:49

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Displaying nothing is confusing, since it would not be clear where to click to 
set a shortcut. Whatever we put there must be wide enough to give the user the 
idea that it is clickable.

Some options:
  * <>    what we have now
  * ''    empty string, probably too narrow
  * None  bit verbose
  * Maybe we can use background color of the cell?

Any ideas?

Original comment by almar.klein@gmail.com on 9 Mar 2013 at 11:10

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
As a gamer I've never found it problematic (in games' "control" configs) so 
long as the assignment table is clearly visible.

Both <> and '' are non-standard. "None" might indeed be problematic if there's 
a whole column of it. Shading is good, but you can't use it if the columns' 
widths aren't set properly, otherwise there's a whole lot of gray.
1. The easy option is to use some obscure Unicode character like one of these: 
○ ◌ ░
2. A better (and harder) option, and one that would support shading as well, is 
to redesign the window: At the moment it's a wide tabbed table, and the lack of 
a border between keys and values makes it confusing. Having a table that looks 
"sunk" in comparison to the rest of the window (or otherwise making the cells 
distinct from the "structure" - the tabs and the keys), and only as wide as 
needed, would make identifying the cells as clickable easy.

A couple of links to elucidate (different tables, same idea):
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19365-01/819-6127/images/BPE_Configuration_display6.g
if
http://www.ivyteam.ch/downloads/XIVY/4.3.0/doc/guides/designerGuide_html/images/
ConfigurationManagement/configuration_editor_smart_table.png

PS - it would be useful to have an instruction like "Click the... to assign a 
key"" (or something like that) under the tabs.

Original comment by zaha...@gmail.com on 10 Mar 2013 at 1:46

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
yeah, having a visible border would probably do the trick. A small instruction 
would make it even clearer.

Original comment by almar.klein@gmail.com on 11 Mar 2013 at 9:28

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
As part of migrating our code repositories from Googlecode
to Bitbucket, all IEP issues are now tracked at 
https://bitbucket.org/iep-project/iep/issues

To view this issue, use this link (with X replaced by the issue number):
https://bitbucket.org/iep-project/iep/issue/X

Issues on Bitbucket can be created by anyone. Commenting on issues requires 
login via Bitbucket, Google, Twitter or Github.

Original comment by almar.klein@gmail.com on 11 Jun 2013 at 2:40