[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #14277: Shortcuts: Improve interface
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- Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2019 15:45:51 -0000
#14277: Shortcuts: Improve interface
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Reporter: Janus | Owner: leavengood
Type: enhancement | Status: assigned
Priority: normal | Milestone: Unscheduled
Component: Preferences/Shortcuts | Version: R1/Development
Resolution: | Keywords:
Blocked By: | Blocking:
Has a Patch: 0 | Platform: All
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Comment (by humdinger):
And one UI complain: I think the textfield/browse UI is a bad idea. No
one is going to edit application paths manually.
The textfield is handy if you let the user specify parameters for the
launched app. It also makes it easy to copy to clipboard, in case the user
wants to share the info or plans to use it in a script etc., or to quickly
adjust a path (maybe you renamed a volume or want to redirect to another
version).
Of course, most people will use the Browse... button, so it's not an
afterthought, but the main means of setting the app. The text field serves
to inform e.g. which version of an app it's pointing to (for example the
app from the HPKG or the debug-build you did).
Please use a popup menu as done in the Background preferences, which
allows quick access to known values and opening a filepanel if needed.
This is a good approach if you'll be using the same couple of common
locations (like home, desktop, downloads...), but it's less useful for a
one-off selection of a specific app.
I think we should be able to do something like htis based on
"getsuites".
The issues I can see with "getsuites": Most apps don't have those
implemented and you just cannot fix them all. Also, the app has to be
running to query it.
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