| Summary: | In Desktop Effects Magnifier and Zoom are radio buttons | ||
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| Product: | [Plasma] kwin | Reporter: | Justin Zobel <justin> |
| Component: | effects-various | Assignee: | KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null> |
| Status: | RESOLVED INTENTIONAL | ||
| Severity: | normal | CC: | kde |
| Priority: | NOR | Keywords: | qt6 |
| Version First Reported In: | 5.27.9 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | Other | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed In: | ||
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Description
Justin Zobel
2023-11-22 23:19:47 UTC
Hmm, this is also true on 5.27. Talking about the bug itself, I believe radio buttons are the right choice because both effects have a similar purpose and also use the same shortcuts. Enabling both at the same time would cause issues. Let's see what a developer thinks. To me, radio buttons means one or the other must be used, x or y and one must be selected. This is not the case. Checkboxes would suit better and when one is toggled on, the other is greyed out. Another option would be to place them in a container that is called something like Magnification Assistance. This would have a checkbox to say you want it, then the two options as radio buttons in there to choose the one you prefer. If we had checkboxes we would have reports with: "These are mutually exclusive effects, you cannot enable two. Therefore, checkboxes seem like the incorrect choice?". I do recall it being discussed heavily at the time, it's intentional. The UX isn't great, but a switch to checkboxes just makes a different problem. Ultimately we need to invert this on it's head and present the user with "close effect" and then a combo box where none is an option. Instead of presenting it as plugins. What about the other option. Combine the effects into a Magnification Assistant effect and then in the Settings the user chooses the style of magnification? |