[Sugar-devel] Click response areas

[Frederick Grose]

On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 10:02 AM, Eben Eliason <eben at laptop.org> wrote:

> ...
> >> (Students at the Gardner Pilot Academy...)
> >> > - Clicked on drop down instead of icon (e.g. clicking stop they put
> >> > the cursor over the stop sign then saw the drop down text saying
> >> > "Stop" then clicked on that and nothing happens. They should click
> >> > directly on the stop sign itself.
> >> Stop is probably the first toolbar button a user/kid uses, so I think
> >> it is normal that they don't yet know how it works.
> >
> > Is there a sufficient reason that the button label is not
> click-responsive?
>
> No, this is a long-standing bug. The "primary palette" which serves as
> a label for the button should be a clickable extension of the button
> itself.


See http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/6023 opened in January 2008--now with a
redirection to--http://dev.sugarlabs.org/ticket/991 opened in late June
2009. http://dev.sugarlabs.org/ticket/1064, opened in mid-July 2009, was
also redirected.

          --Fred

>
> > Having a larger target is a benefit for all users.  Radio buttons and
> check
> > marks that respond when their text labels are clicked are more usable, as
> > well.
> >
>
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