Re: [Tile-dev] Tree API draft round 2

[Joe E. <jen...@fl...>]

Bryan Oakley wrote:
> Joe English wrote:
> > (I've looked at how other toolkits/widgets implement interactive
> > resizing, and I'm quite convinced that you *really* don't want to
> > do anything too clever here.  The ones that try to be clever
> > are confusing to the user, get confused themselves, or both.
> > If anyone knows of an exception, let me know...)
>
> Mozilla's newsreader has an example of fixed width columns. I have a
> column with a image (to designate junk mail status), and if I drag the
> right edge it's the same as if I dragged the left edge (ie: the column
> to the left grows rather than growing the fixed-width column). It makes
> sense, but again, it's not strictly necessary.

Hm.  Just checked Evolution, it might also be an exception.
Dragging a column separator resizes the column immediately
to the left, columns to the left of that one stay the same size,
and columns to the right grow and shrink proportionally
so everything still fits.  Also subject to minimum-width and
fixed-width column constraints.  This seems better.  (Rhythmbox, 
OTOH, is doing something I can't quite figure out...)


--Joe English

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