Re: Checkbox instead of radiobutton

[ritz <khadgaray gmail com>]

Hi

On Thu, 2009-04-23 at 10:09 -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-04-23 at 17:19 +0530, ritz wrote:
> > Hi
> > 
> >   Considering that nm support connection to multiple n/w simultaneous
> > with the current incarnation, would it not be better to use a checkbox,
> > instead of radiobutton ?
> 
> It might for some devices.  But in the case of multiple connections (you
> can have more than one connection for any of the devices), you'd just go
> back to needing a radio button.  I'm not sure switching from a checkbox
> to a radio button on-the-fly would make a lot of sense.
Many devices do support alias. Then again, people who know about this
would not bother with nm.

> 
> In any case, the applet wasn't really designed for multiple active
> connections, so yeah, this sort of thing is a problem.  There are
> various designs for a new applet that get rid of the menu and thus would
> fix your issue. 

Is this in git nm repository ? I have described my idea below 

Pop-up

[x] Wired Connection ( intel pro 1000g )
  o Auto
  o Home
  o Office
[x] Wired Connection ( user-specified-label )
  o Auto
  o VPN
  o intranet
[ ] Wireless Network ( internal card )
  o ...
  o ...
[ ] Wireless Network ( usb dongle )
  o ...
  o ...


> 
> Dan
> 
> 
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