Re: [Interest] QTabWidget activity

2016-01-08 Thread Murphy, Sean
> Does something different happen every time > or does the same thing happen every time. > > If the same thing happens every time then the user > has very little to learn. If I were the user, an > over animated, eye-catching response would get old > real fast. Good question! The same thing happen

Re: [Interest] QTabWidget activity

2016-01-08 Thread william.croc...@analog.com
On 01/08/2016 09:49 AM, Murphy, Sean wrote: I would probably prefer something like an overlay message popping up for a few seconds or (a bit nineties style) a status bar message. Another would be to have a subtle small icon overlay float from the button up to the tab. Overlay message probably i

Re: [Interest] QTabWidget activity

2016-01-08 Thread Murphy, Sean
> I would probably prefer something like an overlay message popping up for a > few seconds or (a bit nineties style) a status bar message. Another would be > to have a subtle small icon overlay float from the button up to the tab. Overlay message probably is a little more intrusive than we want, b

Re: [Interest] QTabWidget activity

2016-01-08 Thread Bo Thorsen
Den 07-01-2016 kl. 21:44 skrev Murphy, Sean: I'm trying to figure out the right way to show some feedback to the user and I'm stuck. Here's the setup: - I have a QTabWidget, that has three tabs, one for live data, one for archived data, and a third tab that doesn't having much to do with this p

Re: [Interest] QTabWidget activity

2016-01-07 Thread Murphy, Sean
> > This works fine, except that there's no real indication to the user > > that pressing the "Take Snapshot" button actually worked > > Put a tool tip on the button telling them what it will do when they press it. > Then, have the button stay pressed an extra few milliseconds so it really > looks

Re: [Interest] QTabWidget activity

2016-01-07 Thread william.croc...@analog.com
On 01/07/2016 03:44 PM, Murphy, Sean wrote: I'm trying to figure out the right way to show some feedback to the user and I'm stuck. Here's the setup: - I have a QTabWidget, that has three tabs, one for live data, one for archived data, and a third tab that doesn't having much to do with this pa

[Interest] QTabWidget activity

2016-01-07 Thread Murphy, Sean
I'm trying to figure out the right way to show some feedback to the user and I'm stuck. Here's the setup: - I have a QTabWidget, that has three tabs, one for live data, one for archived data, and a third tab that doesn't having much to do with this particular issue, other than it exists. - On th