Re: Gtk2::ComboBox with a dummy entry

* Matthew Braid <ptkperlmdb.id.au> [2007-01-29
05:05]:
> Essentially, I want the CB to always show 'Choose an
extension
> to add', but have a list of valid extensions pop up
when its
> clicked that does _not_ include 'Choose an extension to
add'
 
Sounds like bad UI design to me. You are aware how badly
this
violates user expectations? Is there a really important
reason
to make this control behave so gratuitously differently from
all
other comboboxes the users have seen before?

“Choose an extension to add” should be a label, not
hacked into
the control itself. Actually it would be “Extension to
add”,
since “Choose an” is redundant; the fact that there is a
combobox
is inherently a prompt to make a choice so this fact
needn’t be
pointed out separately.

Regards,
-- 
Aristotle Pagaltzis // <http://plasmasturm.org/&g
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Oh, I'm well aware its not good - that's why I can't get it
to work
I'm guessing 

Its actually a request from 'on-high' - apparently the menu
button I
_was_ using didn't 'fit in' with other combo boxes on the
same screen.

I'd be more than happy with a 'its not possible' answer -
much less
work for me. And then I can point to it and say 'smarter
people than I
told me so' ;)

MB

On 1/30/07, A. Pagaltzis <pagaltzisgmx.de> wrote:
> * Matthew Braid <ptkperlmdb.id.au> [2007-01-29
05:05]:
> > Essentially, I want the CB to always show 'Choose
an extension
> > to add', but have a list of valid extensions pop
up when its
> > clicked that does _not_ include 'Choose an
extension to add'
>
> Sounds like bad UI design to me. You are aware how
badly this
> violates user expectations? Is there a really important
reason
> to make this control behave so gratuitously differently
from all
> other comboboxes the users have seen before?
>
> "Choose an extension to add" should be a
label, not hacked into
> the control itself. Actually it would be
"Extension to add",
> since "Choose an" is redundant; the fact that
there is a combobox
> is inherently a prompt to make a choice so this fact
needn't be
> pointed out separately.
>
> Regards,
> --
> Aristotle Pagaltzis // <http://plasmasturm.org/&g
t;
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