Hello,
my
name is Enrico Schröder. I'm studying computer science at Freie
Universität Berlin, but am currently studying abroad in Paris at
Université Paris Diderot. I would like to apply for the "Replace the
GimpSizeEntry widget" project for Summer of Code 2011. I have strong
experience in C and am also familiar with UI programming using different
APIs (QT, Cocoa, GTK+, Swing).
For my
understanding a complete replacement for the GimpSizeEntry widget is
required. It is supposed to be more user-friendly (for example the unit
should appear in the entry field rather than in an external control and
there should be support for input of different units and simple
mathematical terms) while at the same time beeing more compact.
My
general idea would be to base it on the regular GtkEntry instead of
GtkTable and letting it handle the input, parsing and calculation of
sizes in different units. If it would be helpful, the SizeEntry will be
able to accept height and width in a single entry (for example
"1024x768px"). That way it would be possible to use only one instead of
two input fields (I'm thinking of usage in the toolbar where screen
space needs to be conserved).
However, in the
majority of cases it makes sense to treat width and height with seperate
input fields, so the new SizeEntry will have the neccessary interface
for working together and interacting with other SizeEntries. It will be
possible to combine different entries in a GtkTable and add for example a
GimpChainButton or preview labels.
I'm
thinking of designing it in a flexible way so that it can be used in a
variety of forms wherever it makes sense to do so, while still being
consistent to not confuse users.
I hope you like my ideas and am seeing foreward to further discuss them and get feedback.
Enrico
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