On Sun, 16 Nov 2003, MenTaLguY wrote:
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 19:27:34 -0500 From: MenTaLguY <mental@...3...> To: Inkscape ML inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Inkscape-devel] docked toolboxes
Out of curiousity, how many of you folks out there currently use docked toolboxes? (i.e. extra toolboxes embedded in the document window)
I'm seriously considering killing the feature to free up UI space.
I prefer the docked toolbox but it is not ideal. I'd much rather be able to get a single or double row of icons right flush against the side.
We still have the floating toolbox, and that's the way most drawing apps do it. The recent transient work also diminishes the advantage of having a toolbox in the window -- the detached toolbox now stays raised with the document window too.
There is a bug report Bryce made that I added some comments to about the Toolbox/Palette ugliness (please take a quick look in the RFE section of the inkscape bug tracker on sourceforge.net, I'll post a direct link later if necessary)
I'd like to see inkscape have a menubar and one or more toolbars. Particularly for the basic items (new, save, open, etc) a toolbar makes more sense. It is less cluttered, easier to allow users to change (show/hide/customize?) and it means that developers can push GTK and libegg for widget improvements instead of having to reinvent the wheel.
I also have a vague notion that the floating Toolbox could just be an undocked resized toolbar, if the widget toolkit is smart enough.
(Feel free to whack me with the cluestick if I'm being unrealistic, or overreaching, my technical knowledge can be terribly superficial at times).
Sincerely
Alan H.
P.S. In a hurry, but I would be happy to try and provide a more coherent explanation of what I mean later if it would help.