- From: Irene Vatton <vatton@inrialpes.fr>
- Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:15:58 +0100
- To: ladewitt@lucindadewitt.com
- Cc: amaya mailing list <www-amaya@w3.org>
On Tuesday 20 November 2007 19:27, Lucinda DeWitt wrote: > I've done a bit more experimenting with the new tools features. Here's > what happens on a Mac: > > In order to change the Toolbar settings (from Align Left to Customize or > vice versa) I have to close and restart Amaya. Hitting "Apply" in the > preferences pane does not actually "apply" my choice until after I close > and restart the program. Why? Align Left and Align Right use the same window widget and so the Apply effect is immediate. Customize uses a different window widget, so the window must be deleted and rebuild. If you open a new window after hitting "Apply", you will see the change. > > Similarly, the customizable toolbar seems to have trouble "remembering" > what I choose. As far as I can tell, it only remembers what I check (or > uncheck) in the drop down menu. If I close any of the tool palettes > using their own little x button, Amaya remembers my choice during a > session (and maintains it when I use F8), but the closed palette > reappears the next time I open the program. Is this intentional? Yes, the close with the little x button was not registered. It's fixed now in the CVS version. > > Under customizable tools, when I check or uncheck a particular tool, its > palette flashes four times while appearing or disappearing. Is it > supposed to do that? Normally no. That is a specific Mac OSX bug. > > If all of the above behaviors are intentional, please let me know. They > don't match the behavior of toolbars in other programs I use, so this > behavior doesn't seem very intuitive to me . . . > > Thanks for your help, > Lucinda > > Irene Vatton wrote: > > On Saturday 17 November 2007 00:21, Lucinda DeWitt wrote: > >> Now I have no tools available at all when Customizable is chosen in the > >> preferences. In order to switch back to left- or right-aligned tools I > >> have to Apply in preferences and then quit Amaya and restart. But given > >> that the left aligned tool bar doesn't scroll, this is relatively > >> useless. > >> > >> I'm testing 9.99-3 for macosx with system 10.4.10 on a powerpc mac. > >> > >> Lucinda > > > > When that situation occurs, you may use the "Show/Hide toolbars > Show > > tools" menu entry to display them. -- Irène. ----- Irène Vatton INRIA Rhône-Alpes INRIA ZIRST e-mail: Irene.Vatton@inria.fr 655 avenue de l'Europe Tel.: +33 4 76 61 53 61 Montbonnot Fax: +33 4 76 61 52 07 38334 Saint Ismier Cedex - France
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