#1478 wxSmith Usability: Move Toolbuttons to the left

[Tiger Beard]

I would like to discuss if you could agree to this change for improved usabilty

Change:
* the tool buttons in the wxSmith window are moved to the left. Reason: on todays larger screen the mouse travel back an forth is significant.
* the "<Q" icon to unfold the "Sizer" dialog get a slightly changed behaviour when its displayed on the left: it will be disabled instead of disappearing when a sizer has no properties that can be changed. Reason: Once folded out the top left corner of the dialog-in-edit remains at the same position. With todays behaviour it would jump each time the sizer dialog switches between visible/invisible.
* Optionall: the fold out state could be system-wide, not dialog specific. Reason: its much more intuitve that the editor remembers my last used configuration than the object being edited. The fold out dialog is percieved as a part of the editor. As this may be quite difficult to revert in code, I think its rather nice-to-have.

The change of the "Sizer" dialog behaviour would have the additional advantage that its a lot more intuitive to beginners, because disabling the controls is a much more explicit way to tell the user that the current sizer has no editable values than the dialog disappearing.

What does the team think about this change?

[ollydbg]

You have listed 3 suggestions. Thanks.
I'm not fully understand your suggestions.

For example:

wxSmith window

What do you mean by this window, do you mean the toolbar window containing a lot of wxSmith controls.

I think a screen shot(with some annotation in the screen shot image) is needed to demonstrate your idea.