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Button to close and open the keypad #73

Closed heldercorreia closed 9 years ago

heldercorreia commented 9 years ago

Originally reported on Google Code with ID 11

Since verson 0.7, an optional keypad is available. However this can be made
visible or hidden only from the menu.

For typical novice user, it will be more usable if there is a button with
caption "Hide keypad" when the keypad is visible and "Show keypad" when the
keypad is hidden. This provides more immediate feedback.

Reported by ariya.hidayat on 2006-10-11 07:52:14

heldercorreia commented 9 years ago 
I have experimented with some button variants, but I can't find one satisfying
solution for this. Either the placement is not good, or the overlook look is not good.

I'll move this from our 0.8 milestone (i.e. stuff for "the future")

Reported by ariya.hidayat on 2007-06-06 05:31:38

heldercorreia commented 9 years ago

Reported by helder.pereira.correia on 2007-06-12 09:50:03

heldercorreia commented 9 years ago

Reported by helder.pereira.correia on 2007-11-03 19:38:36

heldercorreia commented 9 years ago 
How about sliding/hiding "pane" for the keypad? Use a tiny arrow that is a button to

toggle hide status, and the arrow changes direction based on the status. For 
example, when the arrow is pointing up, a user can click the up arrow and the keypad

will be displayed, and then the arrow will change to a Down arrow. If the user 
clicks the Down arrow, the keypad will hide, and the arrow will again reverse 
direction.

Reported by goodtimetribe on 2007-12-11 21:31:36

heldercorreia commented 9 years ago 
Removing this from the 0.10 release plan. Since I've added the shortcut CTRL+K to
show/hide the key pad, I'm not sure about the usefulness of such a mechanism. If a
user doesn't like to use the key pad, she closes it through the menu and never opens
it again. If the user does like the key pad, she'll never hide it and doesn't need
to
show it since it's there by default. So a simple shortcut is more than enough IMO.

Reported by helder.pereira.correia on 2008-01-14 01:49:13

heldercorreia commented 9 years ago 
BTW, I tried a solution like the one described by goodtimetribe, but I didn't really
like it. I think at most and if really necessary (which I don't think it is at all
in
the trunk configuration), we could add a toggle button with a keyboard icon to the
left of the expression clearing button.

Reported by helder.pereira.correia on 2008-01-21 01:41:12

heldercorreia commented 9 years ago 
Marking as invalid for not being nedded anymore for 0.10.

Reported by helder.pereira.correia on 2008-02-04 23:32:39