Re: GTK+ at the UX Hackfest

[Filippo Argiolas <fargiolas gnome org>]

On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 3:57 PM, Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net> wrote:
> Heya,
Hey,

> Widgets
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>
> Having often used widgets in GTK+ means that we reduce differences in
> appearance and behaviour between applications and make applications
> easier to maintain.
>
> If the APIs are carefully thought of, usability and design changes can
> be made without touching the applications.
>
> A couple of widgets were mentioned:
> - a sidebar widget (which I never followed-up on):
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=307044
> - a breadcrumb navigation widget (which could be used in nautilus, the
> file chooser and yelp, for example)
> No bugs filed, Cody will be working on filing a bug, and start
> discussions about the API soon
> - Segmented bar? It's used in Rhythmbox, Banshee, the Ubuntu installer
> and could probably be used in others
> There's a C version in Rhythmbox now:
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=558576
> - Others?

In Cheese we'd like to have something that I'd call ButtonGroup,
ToggleButtonGroup or RadioButtonGroup, something like a breadcrumb
(see e.g. screenshots at http://audidude.com/?p=27) but without the
breadcrumb logic. Maybe the breadcrumb could be a subclass of
this/these widget/widgets.
We would use it in the toolbar in the "mode selector"
(gnome.org/~fargiolas/togglegroup.png), currently we use three toggle
buttons related to three radio actions but it would be great to style
them as a single widget.
Anyone else would like a widget like this?

Ciao,
Filippo