I wonder if this is a lack in the UI Design, or if it is some setting I
need to change. Anyone else see this behavior?
Try construct a Dialog, and then fill it with three groups. (the number
does not really matter, long as it is more than one, to give you enough
to play with.) Now, fill each group with some controls, like a couple of
buttons, a static, and maybe a listbox or eiditbox. You don't have to do
any position, or otherwise filling in the info on each element, except
from two things.
1. Give all elements, groups and controls, an ID.
2. Set the groups to be some vertical, and some horizontal. For
instance, let group 1 be horizontal, and groupe 2 and 3 vertical.
Now, expand the whole tree of the dialog elements, and arrow your way up
and down. What do you hear? Here is at least my findings.
When landing on a control, I hear the control type, along with its ID
read out. Like:
Button, SaveButton;
Editbox, Edit_UserInput;
Static, Static_Input.
But when reaching one of the groups, I only am told it is a group, and
which direction it is pointing:
Group, Horizontal;
Group, Vertical.
Nice enough to know that this element is a group, and good that I know
what direction. But when your dialog holds tens of groups, it would be
nice to know the ID of the group you are focusing. You should not have
to tab over, and arrow down to the ID field for each group, to know what
group you are currently modifying, should you? If this is due to a
setting in my WE, please let me know which one to change. Is this due to
a lack in the UI Design app, could it be fixed? Would be nice if we
could hear things like:
Group, Buttons_Panel, Vertical;
Group, User_interaction, Horizontal.
And first we are at it, here is one more issue for you to test. Go to
group 2, which may currently be pointing Vertically. Tab over, and
change it to be Horizontal. Then go back to the Element tree, and arrow
your way up and ddown. Your group2 will still say Vertical, won't it? At
least that is my experience. No matter what I change the direction, my
groups keep reporting the direction they first were constructed with.
Again, is it only my system acting up, or is there room for a fix?
Thanks for your testing and feedback.
--
David
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