[Sugar-devel] [Design] ColorButton

[Eduardo H. Silva]

Or I might be nit-picking...

Eduardo

2009/9/12 Eduardo H. Silva <hoboprimate at gmail.com>:
> 2009/9/11 Gary C Martin <gary at garycmartin.com>:
>> On 11 Sep 2009, at 00:30, Eduardo H. Silva wrote:
>>
>>> Should the toolbar icon for the colors palette have a down arrow like
>>> with the other toolbar button icons? After all, it doesn't execute a
>>> primary action of its pallete when clicking, instead it reveals its
>>> palette.
>>
>> No, down arrows indicate the new lockable secondary toolbars (one click to
>> lock open, one click to lock closed, hover for temporary quick use like a
>> palette). Locking open secondary toolbars resizes the activity canvas area,
>> normal toolbar palettes do not.
>>
>> FWIW: it has been agreed (I think) that any icons that have _NO_ default
>> primary function (i.e. they just hold palettes) should instantly, and fully
>> expose on a single left click (as they already do for a single right click).
>> As their primary function is to display their palette. Maybe we can solve
>> this for 0.88. This would solve things like providing instant feedback on
>> buddy icons, such as accessing the large self buddy icon in the home view
>> for getting to settings, shutdown etc.
>
> But shouldn't something be done visually to differentiate those icons
> which open palettes when clicked, from those which act their primary
> action? The user won't know beforehand what will the result of
> clicking be otherwise.
>
> Eduardo
>
>>
>> Regards,
>> --Gary
>>
>>> Eduardo
>>>
>>> 2009/9/10 Gary C Martin <gary at garycmartin.com>:
>>>>
>>>> On 10 Sep 2009, at 12:01, Aleksey Lim wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 12:54:48PM +0200, Simon Schampijer wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> currently the ColorButton is not fully clear in it's behavior (see
>>>>>> http://dev.sugarlabs.org/ticket/388). Click outside the palette to
>>>>>> close
>>>>>> it etc. Benjamin suggested to have an ok/cancel button to make the end
>>>>>> of the selection clear http://dev.sugarlabs.org/ticket/388#comment:7
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Do others agree? Other thoughts?
>>>>>
>>>>> Another option is that picker should contain only predefined
>>>>> colors(and maybe one custom) by default and having
>>>>> click-to-close behaviour. Then if users want to make(change) custom
>>>>> color, they click "add.."(or so) button and palette opens right panel
>>>>> and click on predefined color will just change custom color.
>>>>>
>>>>> btw having select-to-close behavior(at least by default) we will keep
>>>>> things consistent, e.g. to select suboptions from palette menus, user
>>>>> needs only one click.
>>>>
>>>> Is it possible to emit the colour change event as soon as a colour is
>>>> clicked? Or, perhaps emit as soon as the mouse leaves the palette area?
>>>>
>>>> I tried some quick mockups, the OK/Cancel doesn't feel very Sugar UI like
>>>> (no other palettes use this behaviour). The click a colour to dismiss,
>>>> with
>>>> the addition of a 'custom colour' icon seems more natural, but looses a
>>>> current nice feature where by you can pick a preset colour, see the
>>>> sliders
>>>> move, and then adjust them if you want to tweak. It also seems a little
>>>> odd
>>>> seeing both the toolbar icon and the custom icon changing colour at same
>>>> time (see attachment below), though I guess in this case the toolbar icon
>>>> could only change once you make a choice (and as you move a cursor around
>>>> a
>>>> document with colours).
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, all this makes me think that solving the issue by emitting colour
>>>> change events early (i.e. not just when palette closes) would be a
>>>> cleaner
>>>> solution (more like a bug fix for a current unintended behaviour rather
>>>> than
>>>> redesigning an already good UI to avoid it).
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> --Gary
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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