Re: I have a problem

[Colomban Wendling <lists ban herbesfolles org>]

Le 29/05/2011 01:06, Paul Davis a écrit :
> On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Benjamin Otte <otte gnome org> wrote:
> 
> so lets take this particular point as an example of what i think the
> basic problem is here:
> 
>> * There's button(s) that say  ( Notes | Edit )
>> How are these buttons different from notebooks? Is it just visually
>> different or is it a completely different interaction? Because from
>> the interaction described it looks like a notebook to me, just with a
>> different UI. But I can't really pinpoint what's missing from
>> GtkNotebook for this. Also, should we try to get rid of notebooks and
>> replace it with buttons like these in other places?
> 
> this is a cart vs. horse problem.
> 
> i think you're absolutely correct that functionally, this is identical
> to a notebook. but there's function, and there's design.
> 
> this design calls for an alignment of UI elements that isn't possible
> to accomplish with the current widget set (how would you get that More
> combo/menubar/button into the tab list?). 

What about gtk_notebook_set_action_widget()[1]? OK it doesn't look
exactly the same as the tabs, but it's positioned at the very suggested
place.

A few ¢
Colomban

[1]
http://developer.gnome.org/gtk/stable/GtkNotebook.html#gtk-notebook-set-action-widget