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Re: Toolboxes - a special case of toolbars?

Sun Nov 16, 2014 11:24 am

Reading at implementation when to use QToolBar (<11 tools) or QToolBox (>10 tools) makes me wonder how it relates to the question on secondary toolbars and labeled icons (Re: How reasonable is icon on Cancel/No button?). If the secondary toolbar is in fact a toolbox we should mention it somewhere ("Document the toolbox to user as 'secondary toolbar'."). If not we should give more advices at 'Is this the right control'. And regarding this question we should add something about captions, if it's possible to have one at all ("Do not add captions to buttons in toolboxes" or "Whether or not buttons have caption is configured by the global user setting 'Caption on sec. toolbars'. Do not override it.")

Finally there is the question about integration into https://techbase.kde.org/Projects/Usabi ... Navigation (this link would probably be forgotten if we don't do it now). I would add it below 'Toolbar - Provide a toolbar for frequently used functions.'
"Toolbox - Use a toolbox instead a toolbar for many frequently used functions."

And perhaps we need a reference on when to prefer a toolbox at the toolbar guidelines.

colomar Registered Member Posts 947 Karma 2 OS	Re: Toolboxes - a special case of toolbars? Sat Nov 15, 2014 6:16 pm Heiko Tietze wrote:Then we can add "Do not extend the toolbox by other controls than tool- or toggle buttons. It contradicts the quick access purpose." [/quote] Yes, please!
louis94 Registered Member Posts 99 Karma 1 OS	Re: Toolboxes - a special case of toolbars? Sat Nov 15, 2014 10:24 pm colomar wrote: Heiko Tietze wrote:Then we can add "Do not extend the toolbox by other controls than tool- or toggle buttons. It contradicts the quick access purpose." Yes, please! Done.
Heiko Tietze Registered Member Posts 593 Karma 0 OS	Re: Toolboxes - a special case of toolbars? Sun Nov 16, 2014 11:24 am Reading at implementation when to use QToolBar (<11 tools) or QToolBox (>10 tools) makes me wonder how it relates to the question on secondary toolbars and labeled icons (Re: How reasonable is icon on Cancel/No button?). If the secondary toolbar is in fact a toolbox we should mention it somewhere ("Document the toolbox to user as 'secondary toolbar'."). If not we should give more advices at 'Is this the right control'. And regarding this question we should add something about captions, if it's possible to have one at all ("Do not add captions to buttons in toolboxes" or "Whether or not buttons have caption is configured by the global user setting 'Caption on sec. toolbars'. Do not override it.") Finally there is the question about integration into https://techbase.kde.org/Projects/Usabi ... Navigation (this link would probably be forgotten if we don't do it now). I would add it below 'Toolbar - Provide a toolbar for frequently used functions.' "Toolbox - Use a toolbox instead a toolbar for many frequently used functions." And perhaps we need a reference on when to prefer a toolbox at the toolbar guidelines.