Re: [Gramps-devel] Grid lines in TreeViews

[Nick H. <nic...@ho...>]

On 21/08/13 00:12, Vassilii Khachaturov wrote:
> Ah, I see!
>
> Well, the quick views are gramplet-style tables, either on the dashboard
> or floating. They really felt different to me from our other dialogs.
> They project some sort of a spreadsheet-like "here's your instant report
> result" to me. This is sort of opposed to the person editor dialog or
> individuals view. But if you'd like the users not to make this kind of
> distinction, then you're right to nuke the gridlines.

Yes, this is what I was talking about.  Using grid lines isn't 
consistent with other applications or even other parts of Gramps.

The grid lines don't make the treeview look like a report table or a view.


> The horizontal lines are really good, but it's OK to have alternating
> shades instead (like the individuals view), too --- otherwise it's a bit
> taxing on the eyes in case of sparser data.
>

My preference would be to use alternating shades.

Perhaps this comes down to personal taste though?  I always look at 
other applications and the GNOME HI Guidelines.  What to applications in 
other operating systems look like?

Nick.