On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 20:50, Anzan Hoshin Roshi
<anzanhoshinroshi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Anyone have any ideas how to do the long labels without them looking so
> > > strange?
> > >
> >
> > Classically, the content scrolls-and-pauses, on a repeating cycle.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> Hey Mark,
>
> Can we do that then?
I'd prefer an ellipsis over scrolling text.
Scrolling text is hard to read, can't be controlled by the user (e.g.
paused or moved back a bit), and attracts attention (in this case, more
than the label deserves--it's not an active menu item).
Another alternative is line wrapping. The issue I see with that is
knowing how wide to make the menu and where best to wrap.
I strongly agree that scrolling would be unwarranted distraction. An ellipsis would be... fine. But one would want the rest of the line to appear, perhaps like a "tool tip" when hoveering the cursor, and that means added complexity to the coding.
Better to line wrap and so best to have a clear sense of the width, whether as a standard or as maximum and minimum.
Anzan
You could seperate the different tags into lines for an easily understood line break.
--Rob