[UI] Fwd: [Newbies] PluggableTextMorph and rubberband

[Brad Fuller]

On Tue September 4 2007, Jason Johnson wrote:
> Current windows just shows focus by changing the color of the.... what
> ever you call that top bar with the minimize, maximize and close
> buttons, no?

That's the Title Bar, I believe.

One other window nit-pick of mine is that, in Squeak, you have to gain focus 
on a window first before you can do something with it. (like close it, enter 
data, etc.)  I'd like to be able to just close the window, even though it's 
not the current focus.



>
> What does Mac do?
>
> On 9/4/07, Bill Schwab <BSchwab at anest.ufl.edu> wrote:
> > Guys,
> >
> > For the record, I can live with it either way, though I think that some
> > focus indication is a good idea - again, MS of old did it that way for a
> > reason, based on feedback from users, to whom they actually paid some
> > attention in those days.
> >
> > The amount of text snared is really of little interest to me.  I simply
> > was reminded of the trouble I had changing the background color, but
> > that is a morphic/squeak but, not anything wrong with Gary's work
> > (though we might be able to improve things, or I could be missing the
> > correct way to change it in Squeak as-is).  More later.
> >
> > This is quite low on my priority scale.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Wilhelm K. Schwab, Ph.D.
> > University of Florida
> > Department of Anesthesiology
> > PO Box 100254
> > Gainesville, FL 32610-0254
> >
> > Email: bschwab at anest.ufl.edu
> > Tel: (352) 846-1285
> > FAX: (352) 392-7029
> >
> > >>> tim at rowledge.org 09/04/07 12:43 PM >>>
> >
> > On 4-Sep-07, at 8:18 AM, Gary Chambers wrote:
> > > The dotted border indicates the current keyboard focus... I can add a
> > > preference if required, or, perhaps, a choice of focus indication
> > > styles.
> >
> > Whilst I'm not at all convinced that any special focus indicator is
> > needed, I am convinced that the aggressively visible dotted line
> > around the *wrong* area is a poor choice. Currently in an empty text
> > pane the dotted line appears around a single line instead of the
> > rather more logical entire text pane.
> >
> > tim
> > --
> > tim Rowledge; tim at rowledge.org; http://www.rowledge.org/tim
> > Strange OpCodes: RP: Read Printer
> >
> >
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