[sugar] [PATCH] Journal able to use "open with" for activity bundles

Jameson "Chema" Quinn jquinn at cs.oberlin.edu
Tue Jun 10 16:43:54 EDT 2008


On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 2:30 PM, Eben Eliason <eben.eliason at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Actually, I disagree with adding "Start" separately to the secondary
> palette as this will appear redundant beneath the already existing
> "Start" label in the primary palette.  The better solution (and I
> think, the expected behavior) is to make the primary palette clickable
> when the palette is anchored, such that clicking it enacts the action
> of the button it is attached to.


I agree that this is how palettes should work (of course, not the issue
here).

However, I don't understand your opposition to repeating the "start" option
in the submenu. Any journal item already repeats the default option in this
list; doing the same for activity bundles is only consistent. If we are
going to change this, it is a separate patch.


>
>
> Regarding the other options, I think it would be clearer (albeit,
> admittedly, slightly more indirect) to place the list of available
> activities in a submenu labeled "Start with" to convey the action that
> selecting an activity will take.  This would be true of the submenu
> regardless of whether or not the entry represents a bundle, leaving us
> in a state where the only difference between bundles and instances is
> the phrasing used within the menu.  Otherwise, they are functionally
> identical.


This is not a bad idea. Again, if you are serious about this, we should
prioritize it and do it, as a separate patch; and I'd be happy to work
through the options with you, in a separate thread.

Jameson
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