Re: [Gretl-devel] window arrangements
Allin Cottrell schrieb:
On Thu, 26 Nov 2009, Sven Schreiber wrote:
> One interface-related example of that is the text-area-splitting
> in some windows that was recently introduced. It got me thinking
> about some aspects of gretl's general interface -- sometimes I
> have too many gretl windows floating around for my taste. It
> gets confusing and switching to the one I want sometimes takes a
> while because I have to flip through so many others.
In current CVS I've begun to address this:
* The main window now has a menu item named "Windows" which
presents a list of open gretl windows, with icons in some cases to
provide an easy visual fix on what's open. I'm not sure whether
this should be a sub-item of the "View" menu, or a top-level menu
in its own right. For now I've made it the latter. Any thoughts?
Given that "View" is the shortest of all menus and that there are
already nine top-level menus I would tend to favor the View menu. But to
be honest I'm not sure if that's the best approach; on many systems you
have a list of the open gretl windows already in some taskbar (don't
know about windows 7 that Patricio mentioned). So having another such
list inside gretl may be redundant in many situations.
I don't have the perfect solution, so I proposed a partial reform that
would reduce the overall number of windows. Another possibility in
principle might be to have a "gretl workspace window" that holds all
other gretl windows (apart from dialog windows). That way you don't run
into situations where many gretl windows are buried below other
applications.
-- BTW, that just inspired an idea: I think it would be helpful if with
some command you could "conjure" all gretl windows to the front at the
same time. Actually, if that were possible, I would tend to think that
it's actually not necessary to reduce the number of windows! So, is it
possible?
thanks, especially for your open-mindedness about this issue,
sven