From: Matt Z. <md...@de...> - 2002-07-31 01:05:58
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On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 05:27:42PM -0500, Luciano Chavez wrote: > The Default Segment Manager offers the create options "Partition Type" and > "Partition Type ID". They are two forms of the same thing. Selecting > "Linux swap" from the "Partition Type" list changes the value in > "Partition Type ID" to match, i.e. 0x82 or 131 decimal. When the value > entered in "Partition Type ID" is one that does not match the types in the > list, it changes the "Partition Type" to "Other". I think that the GUI layout causes some confusion here. It is not clear how these two fields are related at first glance. For example, if looking down the list of options, the eye first encounters "Partition type" which has an option "Other". It is not clear that when selecting this option, the user must use the dialog below to enter the desired partition type. The common UI idiom for this kind of situation is to use a radio button to tie the two fields together, and make them mutually exclusive. For example: Partition type: (*) [Linux/Swap/etc. selection] ( ) [numeric entry dialog] -- - mdz |