Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Re: GUI layout preference, 1st proposal

[Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>]

Jason House wrote:

> I think the dialog is very simple and very powerful.  I unfortunately 
> am tempted by feature creep!  Attached is an alternate appearance for 
> the top of the window in order to allow for an arbitrary number of 
> panes. (No making fun of my skills with paint ;)
>
> My thought process is that the user picks one of the 4 options on the 
> left causing the suboptions to the right to become un-greyed. The user 
> can then select one of the matching options on the right.  Basically, 
> the first two options are a simple hbox or vbox (and the user can 
> specify how many panes to put in, default 3).  The last two options 
> are hbox of vboxes and vbox of hboxes. The common features are shown 
> as pictures to click on but the last is text boxes to specify how many 
> panes to place into each half.
>
> 6 of my 8 pictures are supposed to look just like Ulf's.  There are 2 
> extra pictures for the 2 pane options.
Well, you're a bit late ... ;-)

I've already implemented the layout preference page, as you might have 
noticed.

I think your proposal is a bit too complex, without gaining a lot 
additional functionality.

BTW: it's not as simple using as using just vboxes/hboxes, you might 
have noticed the possibility to change the size of the widgets. It's 
done using gtk panes, but unfortunately the panes can only handle two 
content areas, not more.

Regards, ULFL