[Sugar-devel] Click response areas

[Eben Eliason]

On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Frederick Grose<fgrose at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 9:25 AM, Eduardo H. Silva <hoboprimate at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> (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.

Eben

> 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.
>
>         --Fred
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