On Thu, 25 Jun 2009, Talha Yalta wrote: > I think it would be really neat if there was a left and right > arrow next to the variable name in the "edit attibutes" window > so that one can easily edit or update a bunch of variables, > their descriptions etc. without closing an reopening the window > each time. What do you think? Good idea, and it's now implemented -- well, via Up and Down buttons. You can also select the variable to edit, with the Edit Attributes dialog open, by clicking on its row in the main window. Changing the variable in this way does not automatically commit any changes to the current variable: use the "Apply" button to do that first. Also, responding to an older request, the column headings in the gretl main window are now clickable and can be used to sort the variables by ID number or name, ascending or descending. Allin Cottrell _______________________________________________ Gretl-users mailing list Gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-users

I also tested the new functionality and it really works nicely enhancing usability. May I suggest: 1)- Making the sort on click feature a little more subtle? I think highlighting the column heads and changing the color of the column can be a bit distracting. Just the little triangle is enough no?

2)- For switching variables in the attributes button, is it possible to use arrow signs instead? This would also deemphasized the two new icons a little.

> I have made these buttons more discreet.  But the actual image you > see depends on the GTK theme in force; I'm just using > GTK_STOCK_GO_UP and GTK_STOCK_GO_DOWN, which with the standard GTK > theme produce arrows. Thanks. I now see up and down arrows even though I didn't change the GTK theme. It looks nice but my only complaint is that the arrows are green and these are the only colored icons in the whole GUI.

Also, the new sorting functionality is great but I think it needs to include the "Descriptive label" column as well for the sake of consistency and completeness.