[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#12041) CMA / preset tab

["Christian Knoke" <chrisk@xxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=12041 >

On Sat, Jan 29, 2005 at 08:15:48AM -0800, Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Jan 2005, kenn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> > In the CMA tab, it is not obvious how to make a preset active.  When you
> > single-click on one it gets highlighted.  There is no "make active" or
> > "set current" button, so one could assume that just highlighting it
> > makes it active.  Instead it must be double-clicked.  I think people
> > might find that confusing.
> >
> > Also, I don't think it should be possible to make more than one preset
> > have the same name.
> 
> Fixing this properly is hard. So I have an idea for an intermediate fix.
> The currently active preset should get a different text style so there is
> more user feedback.

I suggest one of the following to do:

Either let a single click on a preset activate it. The Activate button can
be used in case you move the sliders and not define a preset for.

Or let a double click on a preset activate it. A single click will select a
preset, which can be activated with the Activate button.

What we have now - double click *and* button click to activate it, is bad.

Also the feedback is bad: you can only see it from the both buttons down
left - text greyed or not.

Either in the up right table, you can write in big letters, ACTIV or
INACTIV, or I'd just say make a big rectangle red or green, even if it hurts
all style guides.

Better is an improved graphical element for the switch, kind of an oversized
ON / OFF button:


               *********
               *       *
               *  O N  *
               *       *
               *********
               *       *
               * O F F *
               *       *
               *********

Just create something fancy.

Christian

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