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Re: SoundMenu and hovering

 

Hello MPT,

On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 11:46, Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

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> David Callé wrote on 23/07/10 11:14:
> >...
> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoundMenu
> > I think there should be specifications about hovered appearance of
> > items in the Sound Menu. For now, based on an empiric use of the rest
> > of the menus all over the desktop, some behaviors seem quite
> > unpredictable. Of course, the SoundMenu is an amazing work in progress
> > (Thanks to Conor Curran and mpt!), but we should talk about this as
> > there is a risk of inconsistency.
> >
> > For now it's (cf. gif attached) :
>
> Thanks for this detailed review.
>
> > #1 Click : mute/unmute
> > Hover : Menu item highlighting
> >
> > #2 Click and drag : Change volume
> > Hover : Button from grey to white
>
> This is already covered in the specification: "The item should highlight
> when navigated to, or on mouseover, just as normal menu items do".
> <http://launchpad.net/bugs/524541>
>
> > #3 Click : Opens Rhythmbox
> > Hover : Text from grey to white
>
> This is fixed now: apart from its wacky alignment, it behaves just like
> a normal menu item.
>
> > #4 Click : Nothing
> > Hover : Text from grey to white
>
> This is fixed now too: it behaves just like a normal menu item.
>
> > #5 Click : Navigates current sound
> > Hover : Nothing
>
> This is fixed, in that we removed the scrub bar from the menu.
>
> > #6 Click : Navigates sound library
> > Hover : Nothing
>
> The buttons should highlight in a similar way to menu items. This is an
> accessibility problem that we didn't have time to fix for Maverick.
>

whow.

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