[Scribus] Splitting up the properties palette? (was: scribus 1.3.0.1 spin-box)

[Craig Bradney]

On Friday 14 October 2005 13:44, Ralf-Diether Ebel wrote:
> On 14 Oct 2005 9:52  Benjamin Green wrote:
> > > Hi Gustavo,
> > >
> > >>> And while I am at it: In case the properties palette can be saved,
> > >>> I would like to suggest getting somehow back to the layout as it
> > >>> is in 1.2x with the respective items (X,Y,Z, Text etc.) on top of
> > >>> the  palette. This is much more effective and user friendly than
> > >>> the current layout, at least in my personal view.
> > >
> > > 150 % agreed :-)
> > >
> > > The eye having to travel up and down across the dialog to find the
> > > next  subject is a bit ridiculous after some time. I cannot get used
> > > to know  by heart where the next item will be. It would be much more
> > > practical to  have them all collected at one place. Why not choose
> > > ordinary tabs like  in so many programs, all aligned at the top of
> > > the dialogs?
> > >
> > > And I would regret very much the palette being distributed to a
> > > number  of single palettes.
>
> Agree also, but why not preselect the appropriate Tab/Windows
> according to the task you do? When creating/moving textframes you
> normaly use the tab with coordinates. When editing text, you normally
> use the text properties. What do you think about this?

Its been suggested before, but its inappropriate. What you are suggesting, 
like others before, would mean that every time you selecte a text frame, for 
example, it would switch to the text tab. What if the user wants to change 
the line or colour settings for the frame. It makes it harder, so this wont 
be implemented.

Craig
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