[brailleblaster] Re: Select Option dialog

  • From: François Ouellette <braille@xxxxxxx>
  • To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:47:51 -0400

Considering the large amount of replies to the push I have to make a
list of all the issues and address them in sequence.
This is all good feedback.  Thanks.

François.

On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Michael Whapples <mwhapples@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> I am sure the radiobutton issue can be solved (may be check about grouping),
> however another option might be to use a combo box like choosing the file
> format in the normal common dialog for saving.
>
> Michael Whapples
> On 25/07/2012 15:39, Vic Beckley wrote:
>>
>> If that is an issue I suppose we could go back to checkboxes. I just don't
>> see why that dialog has issues when others in SWT don't.
>>
>> BTW: We used to have a settings dialog where we could turn the Welcome
>> screen on or off. What has happened to that dialog? From my recollection,
>> it
>> worked just fine too.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best regards from Ohio, U.S.A.,
>>
>> Vic
>> E-mail: vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of François
>> Ouellette
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 10:23 AM
>> To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: Select Option dialog
>>
>> I will have to look at the tabbing sequence issue with the Radio
>> buttons dialog. It seems that Checkboxes are easier to deal with with
>> SWT.
>>
>> François.
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 9:58 AM, Vic Beckley <vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Radio buttons shouldn't cause any problems. You still should be able to
>>
>> tab
>>>
>>> between the controls. There were problems when using checkboxes too. If
>>
>> you
>>>
>>> tabbed too far you would get stuck. Isn't this a standard Windows dialog
>>> with standard windows controls?
>>>
>>> The Recent Files dialog is OK. You can tab completely around that dialog
>>
>> and
>>>
>>> it works.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Best regards from Ohio, U.S.A.,
>>>
>>> Vic
>>> E-mail: vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> [mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of François
>>
>> Ouellette
>>>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 9:32 AM
>>> To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: Select Option dialog
>>>
>>> This is why I originally used checkboxes!
>>>
>>> François.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 8:51 AM, Vic Beckley <vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> This dialog is worse than before. When it initially comes up you are on
>>>
>>> the
>>>>
>>>> Save button. Neither tab nor shift-tab work. You can't tab to the radio
>>>> buttons or the cancel button. If you click on the radio buttons with the
>>>> mouse focus moves there but as soon as you tab back to the save button
>>
>> you
>>>>
>>>> are stuck again.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Best regards from Ohio, U.S.A.,
>>>>
>>>> Vic
>>>> E-mail: vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

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