https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Drakeson 2026-05-01T22:36:19Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.36.1 https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php?title=Dialogs_reorganization&diff=12066 2006-11-17T18:59:22Z

<p>Drakeson: adding 2 mockups</p> <hr /> <div>Currently there are too many dialogs, they are confusingly named, and their functions overlap. We must reduce the number of dialogs to a manageable amount and reorganize them. Here's my plan:<br /> <br /> <br /> === Detachable toolbars in the document window ===<br /> <br /> * (DONE) Toolbox: becomes a docked (but detachable) toolbar with only the several tool buttons (and not the entire roll as before).<br /> <br /> * [[SecondaryToolbar]]: new, combines secondary buttons from the toolbox plus some other options and controls. <br /> <br /> * [[ColorPalette]]: new, to be created, at the bottom of the window by default. Also incorporates the [[CurrentColorWidget]].<br /> <br /> * [[PreferencesDialog]]<br /> <br /> === Floating dialogs ===<br /> <br /> * Fill and Stroke: stays mostly as is, with usability tweaks.<br /> <br /> * Text and Font: stays, but with changes as described on the [[TextUsability]] page.<br /> <br /> * (DONE) Size and Position: to be eliminated, its controls go to the [[SecondaryToolbar]] for Selector<br /> <br /> * Transformations: stays mostly as is, with usability tweaks and new features added.<br /> <br /> * Align and Distribute: stays mostly as is, with usability tweaks and new features added.<br /> <br /> * Item properties: to be eliminated, its controls are disposed of as follows:<br /> <br /> ** ID field is redundant, there is the same functionality in XML editor<br /> <br /> ** Sensitive, visible, active, printable toggles: IMHO these properties must be editable for layers, not for individual objects; if you absolutely must set them for an object, you can do so in XML editor. So leave them for now, but delete as soon as we have a Layers dialog.<br /> <br /> ** Transparency: redundant, use Fill and Stroke instead<br /> <br /> ** Transformation matrix: a useful thing, but it will be much more appropriate as a new tab on the Transformations dialog - move it there<br /> <br /> * XML editor: stays as is<br /> <br /> * Document settings: to be eliminated, its controls go to the new Document settuings (below)<br /> <br /> * Editing window: is renamed to Document settings. The content of the former &quot;Document settings&quot; go to its &quot;Page&quot; tab. All the options in this dialog must be saved with the document (into sodipodi:namedview).<br /> <br /> * Tool options: to be eliminated, its content goes either to Preferences (for Selector) or to the [[SecondaryToolbar]] (for other tools), with the exception of the &quot;Defaults&quot; buttons that must be removed.<br /> <br /> * Tool attributes: absolutely redundant, to be eliminated. (DONE removing from the menu, but the leftover code is to be eliminated also)<br /> <br /> * Display settings: is renamed to &quot;Preferences&quot; and massively expanded, see [[PreferencesDialog]].<br /> <br /> * Layers: new, to be created when the layers are fully implemented.<br /> <br /> Other things to be done in all dialogs:<br /> <br /> * Reduce size as much as possible. Smaller fonts, denser layout. Currently some dialogs are way too bulky.<br /> <br /> * More hotkeys! Most if not all widgets with text (buttons, tabs) must have one of the letters with an underscore so that alt-letter will jump there. <br /> <br /> * More tooltips!<br /> <br /> * Eliminate all Close buttons (redundant) and Apply buttons where it makes sense<br /> <br /> * Fix keybindings in widgets:<br /> ** Ctrl-[[PgDn/Ctrl]]-[[PgUp]] in spinbuttons must not cause them to change value! These are for switching tabs.<br /> ** Tab in text widgets must not insert tab char - it's for navigating widgets.<br /> <br /> === Some Mockups ===<br /> I just added some mockups:<br /> Please tell me what you think.<br /> [[Image:Mockup-Font-Style-Toolbar.png]]<br /> [[Image:Mockup-Fill-Stroke-Toolbar.png]]<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Developer Discussion]]</div>

Drakeson https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php?title=UI_Mockup_Screenshots&diff=12064 2006-11-17T18:40:43Z

<p>Drakeson: adding a mockup for font style</p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Fillstroke1.png]] [[Image:Fillstroke2.png]]<br /> [[Image:Styleseditor.png]]<br /> [[Image:Mockup-Fill-Stroke-Toolbar.png]]<br /> [[Image:Mockup-Font-Style-Toolbar.png]]</div>

Drakeson https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php?title=File:Mockup-Font-Style-Toolbar.png&diff=12062 2006-11-17T18:40:02Z

<p>Drakeson: A mockup illustrating a suggestion for a type style toolbar.</p> <hr /> <div>A mockup illustrating a suggestion for a type style toolbar.</div>

Drakeson https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php?title=UI_Mockup_Screenshots&diff=12060 2006-11-17T18:34:02Z

<p>Drakeson: adding another mockup</p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Fillstroke1.png]] [[Image:Fillstroke2.png]]<br /> [[Image:Styleseditor.png]]<br /> [[Image:Mockup-Fill-Stroke-Toolbar.png]]</div>

Drakeson https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php?title=File:Mockup-Fill-Stroke-Toolbar.png&diff=12058 2006-11-17T18:33:06Z

<p>Drakeson: A suggestion for a toolbar for fill, stroke, and some other stuff. The current dialog based approach is sometimes really in the way, unless you have large enough (or dual) monitors.</p> <hr /> <div>A suggestion for a toolbar for fill, stroke, and some other stuff. The current dialog based approach is sometimes really in the way, unless you have large enough (or dual) monitors.</div>

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