The Preference Page needs work
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- sliptonic
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The Preference Page needs work
Here's something that just irks me ever time I need to use it. Why do we make it so hard for users to change unit schema?
an issue to discuss this. I'm not proposing any new functionality. We can make new user transition a lot easier just by rearranging the current preference groups into a sane system.
If you guys have some thoughts about this, please comment on the issue.
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If you guys have some thoughts about this, please comment on the issue.
Re: The Preference Page needs work
for discoverability one way could be to make it 2 rows (which apparently some people frown upon, but its a heck lot better than not seeing it imho)
https://forum.qt.io/topic/94815/qtabwid ... tiple-rows
or make those scroll widgets more pronounced, on some os/styles they are very hard to see, like in your picture.
https://forum.qt.io/topic/94815/qtabwid ... tiple-rows
or make those scroll widgets more pronounced, on some os/styles they are very hard to see, like in your picture.
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Re: The Preference Page needs work
two rows is acceptable IMO, it wouldn't hurt to put units before other stuff though.
Re: The Preference Page needs work
Just to play devil's advocate here, I think that is affected by the stylesheet. If you look at the 'no stylesheet' option, the stock fusion style has usable sized buttons.
- sliptonic
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Re: The Preference Page needs work
I wouldn't object to two rows on the Import/Export page. There's no reason to have tons of tabs on the 'General' page. 'General' is catch-all. It doesn't give the user any sense for where to find things. It needs to be broken up into some logical chunks. Once that happens, there's no need for multiple rows. Each chunk has, at most, 3 or 4 tabs.
Re: The Preference Page needs work
right,
for import/export one can of course break it up into sub categories,
maybe something like
- import/export 2d
- import/export 3d
- import/export 3d-mesh
in any case, just want to say that topics like this, imho, feels spot on for something intended to be called 1.0
for import/export one can of course break it up into sub categories,
maybe something like
- import/export 2d
- import/export 3d
- import/export 3d-mesh
in any case, just want to say that topics like this, imho, feels spot on for something intended to be called 1.0
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Re: The Preference Page needs work
That's a good idea on the import/export stuff. But let's kick that can down the road a bit and focus on the main preferences, especially the high-traffic ones.heda wrote: ↑Wed Aug 03, 2022 11:36 pm right,
for import/export one can of course break it up into sub categories,
maybe something like
- import/export 2d
- import/export 3d
- import/export 3d-mesh
in any case, just want to say that topics like this, imho, feels spot on for something intended to be called 1.0
Getting traction on pure UI/UX improvements has been tough. I suggest that we might have better luck working in the github issue and not talking generalities. For example, it might be helpful to first mock up a layout for the whole preference section, Then break it down into some incremental units of work.
Re: The Preference Page needs work
Not much, but at least something, which annoyed me much.
https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/7312
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https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/7312
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Re: The Preference Page needs work
If you want to fix the arrows... being tiny and the text being big, use my Extreme prodark theme.
I also proposed a fix for this here: ProDark topic.
I also proposed a fix for this here: ProDark topic.
Re: The Preference Page needs work
Probably moving "Editor Tab" and "Macro Tab" from the "General" Section will make some room.
If not put them in separate pages maybe creating a "python related" "section" that will group "Editor" "Python Console" and "Macro" Tabs, nut probably there will be some problem to find an Adequate name.
Regards
Carlo D.
If not put them in separate pages maybe creating a "python related" "section" that will group "Editor" "Python Console" and "Macro" Tabs, nut probably there will be some problem to find an Adequate name.
Regards
Carlo D.
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