An Ideal System Browser

Lex Spoon lex at cc.gatech.edu
Fri Dec 7 19:26:19 UTC 2001


> > That combination might work well.  Squeak will highlight projects you
> > are about to drop into, but it doesn't always help very much because
> > project windows are so small -- you often can't see the highlight!  
> > With translucency, you could see the highlight.
> 
> Alternatively, the highlights could be drawn in an overlay plane (just
> like the HandMorph - maybe even the Hand itself should draw the
> highlighting ... yes, it should, considering multiple hands ... thinking 
> aloud here). Then the dragged morph wouldn't have to be translucent, but 
> other styles may be used (like the attached screenshot from Galeon).
> 

Ah, the hand could just take on a different appearance if dropping is
available!  It could be highlighted, or it could be some other shape. 
That would seem a best of both worlds.


-Lex




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