Igor Posted June 4, 2003 Report Posted June 4, 2003 Let me know, please, what you think about displaying of items in the Slide List.Currently it may happens file name can be shown because of a long picture's file path: www.wnsoft.com/SlideList_FullPath1.gifAnd I have two ideas how to improve this situation.This way provides ability to always see file name of a picture and beggining of the file path: www.wnsoft.com/SlideList_FullPath2.gifAnd final variant I like it more, - it is to display file name only, without full path where located the picture. Anyway user can look at the full path below when he selects the slide: www.wnsoft.com/SlideList_FilenameOnly.gifWe can add ability to set any one from these variants, but which is better by default settings?Just I'd like to make more comfortable using of the Slide list. Quote
think(box) Posted June 4, 2003 Report Posted June 4, 2003 Thanks Igor, I prefer option 3 as the default. The full path is visible in both the show image field and the status bar at bottom of screen. The status bar has the most space for very long path+name to fit. In option 3, will you truncate the right side? if the file name alone is very long? E.g. "Starry, starry night..."Option 2 is cluttered and provides too little partial path information.Option 1 is clearly the worst because of image file *name* truncation or elimination. I have adjusted my working method since day one to always move the working directory to root-level when working on it because of this length problem. Quote
alrobin Posted June 4, 2003 Report Posted June 4, 2003 Igor,I prefer option 3. Option 2 would be too frustrating and confusing. Thanks for considering this improvement! Quote
Ken Cox Posted June 4, 2003 Report Posted June 4, 2003 option 3because as has been stated many times the easiest way to do a show is start with all the "pieces" in a properly ID'd folder -- therefore we already know were the picts are ken Quote
Igor Posted June 4, 2003 Author Report Posted June 4, 2003 Many thanks for your replies!Third variant (displaying of file names) will be used by the default settings. And, of course, an ability to set previous view with full file path. Quote
RayPar Posted June 4, 2003 Report Posted June 4, 2003 Why not! I'll go with option 3 too. Bahhhhhhh..... Quote
LumenLux Posted June 4, 2003 Report Posted June 4, 2003 This is probably the easiest it has ever been for Igor to please everybody Quote
Danabw Posted June 5, 2003 Report Posted June 5, 2003 Climbing on board...option 3, please! Clean and simple. Easy to find the folder info, doesn't clutter the Slide list. Nice! because as has been stated many times the easiest way to do a show is start with all the "pieces" in a properly ID'd folder -- therefore we already know were the picts are Them's fightin' words, pardner! Semi-seriously, Ken, I hope that we don't start building features into PTE that assume a specific work-flow for the program to be effective. Part of the great strength of PTE is its current flexibility that serves many different ways of putting together shows (as well as creating many types of shows). I would be disappointed, and I believe PTE would be lessened, if PTE began to require certain work-flows to be used effectively. I know I'm over-reacting, but we "multiple-folder browers" are a paranoid lot. Dana Quote
Ken Cox Posted June 5, 2003 Report Posted June 5, 2003 I figgered i'd get a rise out of somebody, what took ya so long Dana?? Quote
Danabw Posted June 5, 2003 Report Posted June 5, 2003 Can't get the #*$^# hook out of my mouth.... Dana Quote
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