Bug 494277 - Please change base switch from ComboBox to RadioButton
Summary: Please change base switch from ComboBox to RadioButton
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Alias: None
Product: kcalc
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Neon Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Gabriel Barrantes
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Reported: 2024-10-08 08:06 UTC by Ilario Gottardello
Modified: 2024-10-08 13:51 UTC (History)
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Example of grad deg and rad (9.90 KB, image/png)
2024-10-08 08:06 UTC, Ilario Gottardello
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Example of wasted space for base switch (11.88 KB, image/png)
2024-10-08 08:07 UTC, Ilario Gottardello
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Description Ilario Gottardello 2024-10-08 08:06:05 UTC
Created attachment 174523 [details]
Example of grad deg and rad

KCalc use a combo box to swith between different bases (decimal, hexadecimal, ecc).
This is quite inconvenient because very frequently one needs to convert numbers between, say, decimal to hexadecimal, or binary.
There is a line on the interface containing only one small combo box. It should be used more efficiently putting a radio button so changing between bases will become immediate.
Comment 1 Ilario Gottardello 2024-10-08 08:07:20 UTC
Created attachment 174524 [details]
Example of wasted space for base switch
Comment 2 Gabriel Barrantes 2024-10-08 13:51:44 UTC
This was changed to have more space for the "numeral system view", so the converted numbers do't get elided (most of the time), see also https://develop.kde.org/hig/getting_input/, in this case we have 4 options and not much space with the current layout, for now we will leave it as it is,  some refactoring of the component would be required to accommodate  this and probably won't happen soon.