• In the browser, we have now buttons set in the separator-strips to show¦hide the tree and the preview areas; it's something I proposed, thanks !
- This works fine, but the buttons are really tiny, hard to see and to catch.
- So, I guess that they might be enlarged a bit at width by 2…3 pixels, even if the strips are wider too.
KR
Claude
Clo
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The 640*480 screen definition is no longer used nowadays by a lot of people. So, 2 pixels more at width would make indeed that new feature more comfortable, as well to spot it as to catch it with the mouse. And that shouldn't decrease the rest of the windows too much.
Friendly,
Paul
L'important n'est pas de convaincre, mais de donner à réfléchir.
The important thing is not to convince, but to incite to think.
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Minimizing/maximizing on a double-click which works on the whole split bar (not just the handles) might bring even more comfort into this.
If double-click was supported, the question is whether we need visible handles at all. Probably only for those users who do not know about the double-click.
Those new splitter buttons do not display on my system for layouts 5, 6, 7…
• Right, I can confirm that these buttons are missing for the layouts you quote.
- ? Lacuna ? Design ?
The original proposal was in this old message… to you !
- Like I told in this message, this feature is still in my HTML editor. Originally, its author didn't draw a button on the splitter, he had set a 2-click action on the (almost) strip height.
- I ought admit that I didn't find how to close the tree, I had to email him to know ! Then, he drew buttons.
- This anecdote to explain that clicks must be known by the users {whose the majority never read the Help documents… }
…Like 'em, though.
• Nice to hear, thanks !
KR
Claude
Clo
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- The blue areas around and in the middle are not part of the buttons, it's only my current background.
- Red for "Close" and green for "Open" might come when hovering the buttons,
while currently, this is only the tiny arrow-point which is highlighted.
- The /// bars are on the original bitmap…
… and colours help to spot a small item.
KR
Claude
Clo
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Clo wrote:• I'm not against, but I guess it needs an info-text when hovering the splitter with the mouse-cursor, something like :
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Good to hear that you are not against it. But I don't like having a tooltip for this since too many tooltips are disturbing. Yes, without tooltip it will be a sort of hidden feature, but people will find out.