Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] RFC: add option to change main GUI layout like in Analyzer pr
Ethereal development <ethereal-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb am 28.04.04 14:04:52:
>
> On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 09:42:11AM +0200, Biot Olivier wrote:
> > Let's try to summarize this:
> >
> > L = packet list
> > D = packet dissection (or packet details)
> > B = packet (or reassembly) bytes
> >
> > I'd propose we specify the lay-out of the window in 2 steps.
> >
> > Step 1: Provide a "Window layout" option.
> >
> > An end-user can toggle between the following options:
> >
> > (o) Stacked (.) Large left pane (.) Large right pane
> > +---+
> > | 1 | +---+---+ +---+---+
> > +---+ | | 2 | | 1 | |
> > | 2 | | 1 +---+ +---+ 3 |
> > +---+ | | 3 | | 2 | |
> > | 3 | +---+---+ +---+---+
> > +---+
>
> I would personally prefer a few more choices, similar to the pan
> newsreader, which also uses 3 panes ( http://pan.rebelbase.com/ .)
>
> > Step 2: Fill in the panes.
> >
> > Here there are many options:
> >
> > 1. Provide a fixed list of entries (6 possibilities)
> > (o) L/D/B (.) D/L/B (.) B/L/D
> > (.) L/B/D (.) D/B/L (.) B/D/L
> > The defaults would be:
> > - Stacked L/D/B
> > - Large left pane L/D/B
> > - Large right pane L/B/D
> >
> > 2. Provide select boxes for the 3 panes, where the choices have
> > to be made from the 3 possibilities L, D and B.
> >
> > 3. Provide "progressive radio button choices" where the choice
> > for 1 eliminates it in steps 2 and 3, and the choice for 2
> > automatically determines the choice for 3.
> > One must however provide a "reset" option in this scenario,
> > as an end-user may want to remake his choice.
> >
> > 4. A mix from 2 and 3 where the end-user is offered the
> > possibility to set the pane type for the first 2 panes only
> > by means of 2 select boxes; the 3rd panel is automatically
> > filled in based on the end-user's input of the 2 first panes.
>
> This sounds good. Perhaps we could could leverage the code that's
> already in pan, and improve the radio buttons, bettering both products?
> (I haven't looked at the pan code, but I do like the pane arrangements.)
>
Had a look at the pan layout preference dialog (http://pan.rebelbase.com/screenshots/prefs_2.png), and it looks good to me.
I will have a deeper look at it, and will send new mail if I got more infos from it.
However, it might be easier to implement our own preference code, than to reuse things from pan (except the icons, they look very good), but I must have a look at pan's sources first.
BTW: as drag-and-drop is not fully supported on all platforms (namely not on Win32), a simple dragging mechanism to change the GUI layout seem's to be currently impossible (unfortunately, as this would be the best solution IMHO).
Regards, ULFL
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