[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Nation selection dialog patch

[Christian Knoke <ChrisK@xxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 01:49:42AM -0500, Jason Short wrote:
> Mike Kaufman wrote:
> >On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 01:59:41AM +0000, Vasco Alexandre Da Silva Costa 
> >wrote:
> >>On Sun, 24 Feb 2002, Mike Kaufman wrote:
> >>
> >>>I'm not as concerned about scrolling, because the notebook presents it's
> >>>own problems especially if you have lots o' nations. I would like to see
> >>>three or four columns however (so you have less scrolling).
> >>>
> >>That would be easily doable if GtkCList wasn't so annoying. I will try to
> >>make something like that, but it will be a bit of a hack.
> >>
> >
> >put them in a table and then put the table in a scrolled window.
> >the only real problem with that is you've got to make an event box for
> >each...
> 
> With a growing number of nations, I think a tabbed window is the way to 
> go.  This requires dividing up the nations in some sensible way...but 
> lacking that, alphabetical could work OK.

I also think this would be best.

Christian

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