Re: Dialogs review

From: Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info>
To: Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
Cc: pgadmin-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Dialogs review
Date: 2008-07-22 13:52:15
Message-ID: 4885E60F.9060803@lelarge.info
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Dave Page a écrit :
> On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 6:04 PM, Guillaume Lelarge
> <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info> wrote:
>> Reducing the border works here too. To have the blue border on each side of
>> the control, we need to make the control bigger. For example, cbSourceType
>> and cbTargetType have 12 for width. With 14, they show the bottom highlight.
>
> Ahh, yes, that got it :-)
>
>>> Thoughts? Aside from that, I think that one is ready to go - and
>>> should set the standard for the following dialogues :-)
>>>
>> There's still one thing that bothers me. The "Use replication" label seems
>> closer to the left side of the window's border.
>
> Yes, I think it might be a little low as well.
>

I'll see what I can do to make it prettier.

>> And I need to check the border and width changes on Linux and Windows.
>
> One side effect - it's causing 'disappearing comboxbox' syndrome on
> Mac now - see the attached screenshot. Resize slightly, and all is
> fine.
>

OK, will do.

> Getting these right is really tiresome isn't it? I think it will be
> well worth it though - your effort is definitely appreciated.
>

Yes, it is tiresome. Changing something can bork the entire dialog.
Making it pretty on one platform can bork it on the two others. Not sure
I like the crossplatform capacity anymore :)

Anyways, I just hope I don't annoy anyone with so many mails and
attachments. I'm thinking of putting a tarball somewhere with all the
last changes instead of sending multiple patches on this list.

--
Guillaume.
http://www.postgresqlfr.org
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