lpeek.mrijk@xxxxxxxxxxx (2002-05-06 at 2118.05 +0200): > 1) For entering an angle, for example to specify a direction, they use a > dedicated widget: kind of a full circle with a line pointing from the > center to the selected direction, a bit like the Dial widget that comes > with the GTK examples. I like this because for a lot of (non > mathematically educated) people this is much more intuitive than > entering a number between 0 and 360. It should include a numeric input somewhere too, maybe in the middle, like some mechanical indicators that have both, an analog clock and a digital clock (the one based in wheels with 0-9) all in one. So you can move the arrow or type numbers, and the other updates following as you change. GSR