Opened 14 years ago

Closed 14 years ago

Last modified 14 years ago

#7370 closed enhancement (fixed)

[Screenshot] relocate Settings button

Reported by: diver Owned by: nobody
Priority: normal Milestone: R1
Component: Applications/Screenshot Version: R1/Development
Keywords: Cc:
Blocked By: Blocking:
Platform: All

Description

There is no need to clutter UI to include an option one would use rarely. DataTranslation serves exactly this purpose.

Attachments (4)

Screenshot_mockup.png (56.0 KB ) - added by diver 14 years ago.
Screenshot_mockup_2.png (28.4 KB ) - added by diver 14 years ago.
Screenshot_mockup_3.png (27.7 KB ) - added by diver 14 years ago.
screenshot.diff (2.6 KB ) - added by humdinger 14 years ago.
Patch implementing comment:4

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Change History (18)

by diver, 14 years ago

Attachment: Screenshot_mockup.png added

comment:1 by axeld, 14 years ago

Resolution: invalid
Status: newclosed

In case you haven't noticed yet: pretty much every application using the translation kit to save something usually has a "Settings" button to override the defaults you set via DataTranslations. Most of the time, this can be found in the file panel, but since there isn't one here, the settings button is just there.

DataTranslations just serve to specify the defaults, it's still more than just convenient to allow for overriding those settings when actually saving a file.

comment:2 by diver, 14 years ago

OK, got it. How about moving Settings button below "Save as" menu?

comment:3 by humdinger, 14 years ago

Independently of positioning the "Settings..." button to the right, or below the format popup, I think it would look nicer to have the format setting below the "Save in" setting.

comment:4 by diver, 14 years ago

Alternative mockup:

by diver, 14 years ago

Attachment: Screenshot_mockup_2.png added

comment:5 by diver, 14 years ago

Yet another mockup:

by diver, 14 years ago

Attachment: Screenshot_mockup_3.png added

comment:6 by diver, 14 years ago

Thoughts?

comment:7 by axeld, 14 years ago

I'm not a fan of putting unusual icons in the user interface, so I would prefer the mockup from comment:4 - it also looks better than the current interface IMO.

comment:8 by diver, 14 years ago

Resolution: invalid
Status: closedreopened
Summary: [Screenshot] remove Settings button[Screenshot] relocate Settings button
Type: bugenhancement

Ok, then I'll reopen this ticket if you don't mind ;-)

comment:9 by Disreali, 14 years ago

I agree with Axel, the mockup from comment:4 is the best so far.

comment:10 by humdinger, 14 years ago

I attached a patch that does pretty much what comment:4 suggested. There's less spacing between the settings button and format menu as that shows the two belong together. Having a bit of space between the textfield and "seconds" would be nice, but short of increasing all column spacing, which would also increase the label distance from their control, I'm not sure how... I also renamed two variables for clarity.
Keep in mind that I'm a newbie and not really familiar with the layout system... :)

by humdinger, 14 years ago

Attachment: screenshot.diff added

Patch implementing comment:4

comment:11 by humdinger, 14 years ago

patch: 01

comment:12 by humdinger, 14 years ago

Resolution: fixed
Status: reopenedclosed

Accidentally committed the patch in hrev41184. Just as well... Closing as fixed.

comment:13 by diver, 14 years ago

I think that current aspect ratio of preview is wrong. Also some space before "seconds" label wouldn't hurt.

Last edited 14 years ago by diver (previous) (diff)

comment:14 by humdinger, 14 years ago

I think I got the space in front of "seconds" right with hrev41185. The preview thing seems to be beyond me for the time being. It should go into another ticket anyway. The resizing when switching from full screen to window capture is a bit funny...

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