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[Peter Buelow <goballstate@xxxxxxxxx>]

That's a good idea. I had thought the same thing. It's a good idea too.
However, you missed my question. In the toolbar, what type of widgets are
those? I can't get designer to tell me, so I'm not sure what to put in.
Also, what design constraints on the widget?


On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 7:15 PM, Philip Lee <rocketman768@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> You might also think about text notifications if they are simple and
> infrequent enough. The MainWindow has a QStatusBar you can send messages
> to, which appear at the bottom of the window for a short while.
>
> http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qmainwindow.html#the-status-bar
> http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qstatusbar.html
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 12:26 PM, mik firestone <mikfire@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Could you maybe do something in the tool bar?
>>
>> I'm thinking the upper right has nothing in it, and that would be a good
>> place for something that was grey if not set up, red if setup but no
>> connection, yellow for "I'm trying to connect" and green for "connected"?
>> Mouse over would give a more complete status and maybe clicking on it would
>> bring up the configuration screen?
>>
>> Mik
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 1:21 PM, Peter Buelow <goballstate@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>
>>> Hey, so how do we want to present a status icon to a user? I’ve got the
>>> Dropbox connection and synch working now (still doesn’t backup or restore a
>>> DB, but I’m close), and what I need to do is present some visual cue that
>>> indicates that there is a valid connection, and then what state that
>>> connection might be in. There is no status bar at the bottom, but is that a
>>> valid idea? Or, should I add a new icon that pops open a new dialog or
>>> window that provides details? Right now, I’m leaning toward the second
>>> idea, which allows for some flexibility. However, it’s not generally done
>>> this way. An icon that presents status is generally at the bottom.
>>>
>>> Thoughts? I’m going to start with the icon, but am willing do discuss
>>> this.
>>>
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