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Subject: Re: [geda-user] Docking Property Editors
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> On Jul 26, 2015, at 3:55 PM, Kai-Martin Knaak <kmk AT familieknaak DOT de> wrote:
> 
> Just to be extra sure, we are talking about the same general UI 
> concept:
> 
> The gschem window contains:
> * a GTK menu
> * a row of tool buttons
> * an area which serves as a canvas for the circuit
> * a status line
> * an area for user interaction for the "notebooks"
> 
> The first items look and behave like they currently do.
> The area for user interaction shows what is currently presented in 
> pop-up dialogues. It exposes them one at a time. That is, the content 
> of this area switches to "symbol selection" if the user types "i". It 
> offers to change attributes of currently selected symbol on "ee".
> 
> I am all in favor of such a design. It keeps an unobstructed view of 
> the schematic. The screen does not get cluttered by dialogues. This 
> kind of UI would be similar to the game of starcraft. IMHO, this is a 
> good thing. Professional gamers require an efficient UI to execute an 
> astonishing amount of actions per minute.

Yes, we are on the same page.

Here is a bit more detail:

* Move pin type dialog into the non-modal object properties dialog
* Move the slot edit dialog into the non-modal object properties dialog
* Make the single attribute editor non-modal
* Dock the dialogs on the right side of the schematic editor with tabs to select
    * Object Properties
    * Text Properties
    * Single Attribute editor
* Add a notebook for all the open schematic pages

Here are some unknowns:

* What to do with the message dialog?
* What to do with the show text dialog?
* What to do with the hide text dialog?
* What to do with the page manager?

I’ve already converted the find text dialog into a GtkInfoBar and that
is in source control now.

Ed