Version: 1.3.1 (using KDE 3.4.2, Gentoo) Compiler: gcc version 3.3.5-20050130 (Gentoo 3.3.5.20050130-r1, ssp-3.3.5.20050130-1, pie-8.7.7.1) OS: Linux (i686) release 2.6.11.11 Right click on an element gives a simplified information dialog, to quickly scan a range of elements it would be preferable if this dialog is reused to display subsequent elmenents while the user selects different ones. Currently, kalzium opens a new information dialog for each single click (I had to close about 20 simplified information dialogs before I realized what happens). In addition, it qould be nice if the full information dialog behaved the same. Currently one has to close it before it may be reopened with another element. Thanks.
We decided that the small informationdialog only created problems. Therefore, in KDE 3.5 there is only one dialog which looks like this: http://edu.kde.org/kalzium/pics/screen2.png http://edu.kde.org/kalzium/pics/screen3.png http://edu.kde.org/kalzium/pics/screen4.png Only one dialog can be opened at a time but you can move to the next element with the "next" button or with the mousewheel.
"previous" and "next" ar in terms of atomic numbers? Say, I wan't to see the noble gases, one by one? It would be nice if one could have both, the main window as well as the information dialog side-by-side, then, one may select any element in any order on the left side and its information is displayed in the dialog on the right side. +-------------+ +----------+ | Kalzium | | Info | | Main Window | | Dialog | +-------------+ +----------+ The point is: currently one has to close the info-dialog to inspect another element. prev/next buttons improve this matter, but "random access" doesn't work this way. think in terms of comparing elements in terms of size/weight/whatever, one most likely wouldn't do that one by one ... ?!
Why can't you click on any other element when the dialog is open? I works here. And yes, mousewheel and "next"/"previous" select the element with +1 or -1 in the elementnumber (# of protons). About comparing: We want the dialog to be able to show two elements at the same time. But that is post-3.5 because we are in feature-freeze. About the Noble gases: That is just one random group. Other groups would be "Metals" or "Contuctors" or "Elements liquid at 20
*** Bug has been marked as fixed ***.
I didn't check any later release than 1.3.1, which comes with kde-3.4.2, yet. There it's not possible to switch from one element to the next without closing the dialog in between. Given your last comment, I assume this will be possible in 3.5?