If I quickly may chime in with something vaguely related: the document vs. inkscape preferences buttons in the toolbar have always seemed awkwardly ordered to me. Can we swap them, so that the document properties button is the first of the two (left-most), and the inkscape preferences last?
Have nothing against all the proposed menu changes, except relocating "File -> Inkscape Preferences..." maybe.
Ciao,
Johan
---- John Cliff <john.cliff@...> wrote:
> I wouldnt mess with the preferences location, you invalidate every
> helpful historical thing thats out there in google the minute you move
> it.
> Not sure I care either way about the others.
>
> On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 12:05 AM, Chris Morgan
> <chris.morganiser@...> wrote:
> > About "File -> Inkscape Preferences...", which you are proposing to change
> > to "Edit -> Preferences...": remember that that is only the GNOME way of
> > doing it.
> >
> > GNOME: Edit -> Preferences (yes, the ellipsis really isn't there)
> > KDE: Settings -> Configure Inkscape...
> > OS X: Inkscape -> Preferences..., or something like that, I think?
> > Windows: Tools -> Options...
> >
> > As it stands, we don't have "Settings" or "Tools" menus. I don't think we
> > have any especial use for either either.
> >
> > On Windows, new users will not even think of looking for app configuration
> > in the Edit menu. There, I think "File -> Inkscape Preferences..." is a
> > slightly better position.
> >
> > On KDE? I don't know.
> >
> > I'm not sure how Inkscape appears on OS X. Does this need fixing? Can it be?
> > (Is it still being run in X11?)
> >
> > So, I suggest that moving File -> Inkscape Preferences... to Edit ->
> > Preferences only be done in a GNOME environment or only on Linux. (Having it
> > in different places in different desktop environments is common practice in
> > other programs, e.g. Firefox.)
> >
> > On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 12:34 AM, John Smith <john.smith7545@...>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Any thoughts on changes to the main menu layout ?
> >>
> >>
> >> 1. Move "File->Inkscape Preferences" to "Edit->Preferences"
> >>
> >> This seems to be the preferred location in the Gnome HIG
> >> http://developer.gnome.org/hig-book/3.4/menus-standard.html.en
> >>
> >>
> >> 2. Move "Edit->Clone" to "Object->Clone"
> >>
> >> Does this make more sense, since we are really cloning objects ?
> >>
> >>
> >> 3. Split View menu (including Show/Hide submenu) into 2 menus - View (UI
> >> "decorating" the main view) and Window (dockable dialogs)
> >>
> >> View->Grid
> >> View->Snap
> >> View->Commands Bar
> >> View->Toolbox
> >> View->Rulers
> >> View->Scrollbars
> >> View->Palette
> >> View->Status Bar ... etc
> >>
> >>
> >> Window->Icon Preview
> >> Window->Input Devices
> >> Window->Memory
> >> Window->Messages
> >> Window->Swatches
> >> Window->Show/Hide dialogs
> >>
> >>
> >> 4. Merge "File->Document Metadata" into "File->Document Properties"
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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