Re: [Pythoncard-users] font underline

[Alex T. <al...@tw...>]

Ray Allen wrote:

>It seems therefore that I can't simply hack it by adding code to the 
>resource file -  as a relative newbie I was hoping to avoid delving into wx 
>at this stage, but thanks for the information on why this is happening. 
>Maybe there is an alternative though?  I was trying to indicate to the user 
>that they can see more information by selecting an item from the list.  I 
>thought that by adding an underline to the item text it would look more like 
>a link, encouraging the user to 'drill down'.  Is there anything else I 
>could do to give this impression - using Pythoncard?
>  
>
It'll depend on context whether this works, but how about adding an 
ellipsis (three dots), like you would put in a menu to indicate that 
selecting that item will bring up a dialog box (i.e. click here and you 
get more choices to make).

So you'd make this list item be     "my item ..."

Do all the list items bring up more information ? Could you add text to 
indicate that ?

How about using tooltips so that at least users who hover over the list 
get told about the extra info ?

Or - if it's not urgent - wait, and I'll add underline support (and 
strikethrough, and anything else that the dialog box suggests we support 
that's possible) in about 2-3 weeks. It's probably not that difficult - 
but we need to get 0.8.2 out before adding a change like that.



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