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himselfv / wakan

Japanese and Chinese learning tool with dictionary
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"Clip" button in dictionary lookup behaves counter-intuitively #264

Closed himselfv closed 10 years ago

himselfv commented 10 years ago

Original report by me.

Originally reported on Google Code with ID 264

In developer versions around @eddd30aaf576 "By clipboard" button in dictionary lookup,
as well as the corresponding menu item, cannot be unpressed back.

Reported by himselfv on 2014-08-26 10:06:54

himselfv commented 10 years ago 
Apparently not a defect but a remnant of the older way to do things: it's either "by
clipboard" or anything from the list to the left of it. To unpress "by clipboard",
press the button to the left (usually "Any matches").

Now I see that this is counter-intuitive:
- why must "by clipboard" be in opposition to choosing the lookup method (jp->en, en->jp
etc)? If anything it's independent.
- since it can be pressed and the list to the left can never be pressed, it gives the
impression of independent check button, so you naturally try to unpress it
- even when it's pressed, one of the items in the list to the left is still checked,
further deepening the impression that the buttons are not related

Thus, "By clipboard" should probably be made independent of the lookup method selection.

Reported by himselfv on 2014-09-01 08:36:28

himselfv commented 10 years ago 
Kinda fixed, although it's still not very intuitive.

Reported by himselfv on 2014-09-08 13:30:58

himselfv commented 10 years ago

Reported by himselfv on 2014-10-02 09:29:52