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0003419ScribusUser Interfacepublic2011-01-16 11:30
Reporterchristoph_s Assigned Tocbradney  
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionwon't fix 
PlatformanyOSanyOS Versionany
Product Version1.3 
Summary0003419: Properties palette should not open above a selected item
DescriptionThe PP (and other dialogs as well) should be more "intelligent" and recognise the position of the item selected. Currently, the PP seems to remember its last position, which makes it necessary to remove it because it covers the item that is to be edited. Therefore one is wasting time, pushing the PP around on the canvas.
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related to 0003448 assignedjghali Improvements to properties palette 
has duplicate 0006766 closedchristoph_s Make Properties box dockable like the toolbar 

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mhanski

2006-04-19 19:11

developer   ~0010135

Reminder sent to: Tsoots

mhanski

2006-04-19 19:15

developer   ~0010136

Last edited: 2006-04-19 21:43

christoph_s: i don't quite understand, how it should work, could you explain a little more? I also dimly remember a RFE (not yours) asking for the the PP to remember its last position, so we have to be very careful here.

Tsoots

2006-04-19 19:28

manager   ~0010137

It will be made dockable. so that'll sort this problem. First ugly screenshot can be seen at http://www.saunalahti.fi/rikle/scribus.png

christoph_s

2006-04-19 21:36

administrator   ~0010156

Only for clarification: IMHO, the PP should never cover the currently selected item when called, be it from the menu or from the context menu. This is simply annoying, because one almost always needs to push it somewhere else.

trboyden

2008-02-16 19:53

reporter   ~0018976

Any update on this? This is still a issue in the current svn version as of 2/16/2008. On Ubuntu Gutsy the panel is not movable and is always in the way. See screenshot in closed item 0006766.

christoph_s

2008-02-16 20:06

administrator   ~0018977

As you can see, the issue is assigned , but not resolved ... yet.

trboyden

2008-02-17 13:56

reporter   ~0018990

Well I found an interim workaround. If I set the top parameter for the properties palette in the prefs(135).xml file to something like 84 pixels, it moves the palette far enough down that I can then move and adjust it as needed. Perhaps a simple fix would be to preset those parameters to something that would bring up the palette in the middle of the screen initially.

A dockable panel like the tool bar would still be the best solution IMO.

I figured this out by reading the source file scrpalettebase.

ale

2011-01-13 10:01

manager   ~0025379

please, don't make the palettes automatically move... i want to know where they are!

and if you make their position "intelligent", make it an option... maybe an option for each palette (there are palettes which i always want to have at the same place, other which i would like to have under the current mouse cursor position, others which i'd like to have at the right side of the currently selected item).

(in my case, the PP is on the right side of the monitor, full height. and i want it to stay there. hi show and hide as needed. i would say that i'd almost prefer the canvas to move and show the current item, instead of the palette).

jghali

2011-01-13 10:39

administrator   ~0025380

I have not intent to do anything specific vs that issue. I consider that dockability fix indirectly the problem.

Thaddeus

2011-01-13 13:53

reporter   ~0025381

It has to be an option the user can turn off.

IMHO, one of the most despicable behaviours for dialog boxes/menus is to unpredictable jump around on the screen every time it is used, or change the dialog/menu options available to correspond with the type of object selected, instead of just greying out those options that are not applicable: this is completely anti-production, not efficient and makes impossible to automate work with mouse/ keyboard macros and brain. It should always be an user-selectable option. The documents I work with are almost always large, a few hundred pages, 1000 pages (larges one 3000 pages manual), so options that need many clicks, like the meta data on frames, what's the name, attributes I think --BTW, not exposed to the scripter--, are very difficult/ impossible to use without an Attribute Browser feature able to present all attributes on a tabulated form with options to select, edit, etc...

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2006-03-14 21:52 christoph_s New Issue
2006-04-19 19:10 mhanski Relationship added related to 0003448
2006-04-19 19:11 mhanski Note Added: 0010135
2006-04-19 19:15 mhanski Note Added: 0010136
2006-04-19 19:15 mhanski OS => any
2006-04-19 19:15 mhanski OS Version => any
2006-04-19 19:15 mhanski Platform => any
2006-04-19 19:15 mhanski Product Version 1.3.4cvs => 1.3
2006-04-19 19:28 Tsoots Note Added: 0010137
2006-04-19 19:28 Tsoots Status new => assigned
2006-04-19 19:28 Tsoots Assigned To => Tsoots
2006-04-19 21:36 christoph_s Note Added: 0010156
2006-04-19 21:43 mhanski Note Edited: 0010136
2008-02-16 19:23 christoph_s Relationship added has duplicate 0006766
2008-02-16 19:53 trboyden Note Added: 0018976
2008-02-16 20:06 christoph_s Note Added: 0018977
2008-02-17 13:56 trboyden Note Added: 0018990
2011-01-13 09:01 plinnell Assigned To Tsoots => jghali
2011-01-13 10:01 ale Note Added: 0025379
2011-01-13 10:37 jghali Assigned To jghali =>
2011-01-13 10:39 jghali Note Added: 0025380
2011-01-13 10:39 jghali Status assigned => new
2011-01-13 13:53 Thaddeus Note Added: 0025381
2011-01-13 18:16 cbradney Status new => resolved
2011-01-13 18:16 cbradney Resolution open => won't fix
2011-01-13 18:16 cbradney Assigned To => cbradney
2011-01-16 11:30 cbradney Status resolved => closed