hi, question: On Mon, Nov 24, 2003 at 06:42:21PM +0100, Sven Neumann wrote: > Hi, > > Rapha??l Quinet <quinet@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > > You can already add a tools list/grid to whatever dock you like. > > > > But this list or grid of tools does not behave like the one in the > > toolbox, unfortunately. The grid view does not behave as set of > > buttons (different background color, no highlighting on mouse-over) > > and it is not possible to drag & drop images (as mentioned in Dave's > > message). It would be nice to replace the main tools area in the > > toolbox by a grid view of the tools if these differences could be > > fixed. But then there would be even less reasons to treat the toolbox > > differently from all other docks. > > Exactly and that's why the toolbox is special. It holds the tool > buttons, it decides what tool is active, it has the most important > menu and for that reason it also creates images when things are > dropped there. > > > If the menu could also be removed or dragged to another dock, then > > the last difference between the toolbox and the other docks would go > > away. Or did I miss something important? > > You missed the important fact that the menu cannot be removed and that > we don't intent to change this. Face it, as it stands, the toolbox is > special. I really don't understand why you are questioning this. It's > a fact. > What about the tools that only appear in the menus? carol
