Re: [Gramps-devel] More on the ScratchPad

[Richard T. <rjt...@th...>]

On Friday 18 Mar 2005 18:54, Don Allingham wrote:
> I've been looking at the new ScratchPad, and I think I've come up with a
> problem: it is buried under the Tools menu.
>
> Personally, I'd like to see in on the main toolbar. Right now we have:
>
> Open | Back Forward Home | Reports Tools | Add Remove Edit
>
> I think we should go to:
>
> Open | Back Forward Home | ScratchPad Reports Tools | Add Remove Edit
>
> Where the ScratchPad would be a toggle button that would display or hide
> the scratch pad.
>
> Any thoughts?

When I first started implementing it I put it in the View menu as a toggle. I 
took it out and put it in the tools because I thought it presumptious to 
assume you would want it in the main app.

A couple of issues to consider:

 - if the toolbar button (and menu item) for the pad is a toggle then the 
Tools and Reports buttons should also be toggles.
 - the downside of making it a toggle is that you can then only open one pad. 
The pad works perfectly well with multiple instances. I don't know if this 
matters but it is worth considering.

I would put it in the view menu and on the toolbar if required.

Regards

Richard

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