Re: File dialog in wxt does not work

[Allin C. <cot...@wf...>]

On Fri, 19 Sep 2014, Philipp K. Janert wrote:

> [snip]
>
>>> The functionality is nice, but the user-interface
>>> might be rather confusing for people. (I doubt I
>>> am the only one who expected a file dialog.)
>>
>> The icon at the top left is supposed to represent "copy" and a
>> clipboard, and its tooltip says "Copy the plot to clipboard". I'm
>> not sure why one would expect a "file dialog".
>
> Answer: because that's what is in the top-left corner
> of menus, almost universally. (Eg, among many others,
> gnuplot's own wxt terminal.)
>
> The icon is too small and to unspecific to send a
> strong message, either way. And I admit that I did
> not wait for the tooltip.

Granted, top-left corner is usually File/<something or other> and 
the icon is not immediately recognizable. But I'm not sure what the 
"solution" is: maybe move the icon off the top-left corner, and/or 
add feedback in the form of a "Plot copied to clipboard" message 
box?

Actually, I'll agree with Philipp: nothing about the GUI options in 
the wxt plot window is immediately clear. For example, what is the 
cross-hair cursor supposed to do, as you move it around?

Allin Cottrell