On Wed, Oct 27, 1999 at 11:23:20AM -0700, Tuomas Kuosmanen wrote: > TomR wrote: > > I know I'm repeating myself, but why not use _both_? In the case > > of the opacity slider, the number is displayed right beside it. > > Making this number a spinbutton would not take up very much more > > screen real estate and it would allow everyone to work with the > > value in the manner they prefer. > > > > I'd like to see more slider/spinbox combinations in the GIMP. The > > slider is great for figuring out the correct value but being able > > to tune it by typing in a number is essential for precision work. > > Why not use slider - input box combination? You can adjust the > slider with keyboard, so the spinbutton is kinda unnecessary - or > you can just insert a value there.. That's a good point, but I find that doing fine adjustments with a spinbutton is easier than with a slider - especially if the slider's length varies with the size of the dialog box it's in. > If we put there a slider _and_ a spinbutton, we need to beware of > making the dialogs too large - not everyone has a 21" screen with > high resolution, and the always-present problem is the screen estate > that happens to be too small all the time (except when you are doing > a 24x24 pixel gnome-stock icon :) A spinbutton is not significantly bigger than a normal text entry, but you're right, these widgets do start to add up. Cheers, Tom -- -- Tom Rathborne tomr@xxxxxxxxxxxx -- http://www.aceldama.com/~tomr/ -- "I seem to be having tremendous difficulty with my life-style."
