[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #10045: Prevent looping in button list when less than three buttons

John P Poet jppoet at gmail.com
Sun Sep 18 14:42:07 UTC 2011


On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 6:12 AM,  <noreply at mythtv.org> wrote:
> #10045: Prevent looping in button list when less than three buttons
> -------------------------------------------------+-------------------------
>     Reporter:  Xavier Hervy <xavier.hervy@…>    |      Owner:  stuartm
>         Type:  Patch - Feature                  |     Status:  new
>     Priority:  minor                            |  Milestone:  unknown
>    Component:  MythTV - User Interface Library  |    Version:  Trunk Head
>     Severity:  medium                           |   Keywords:
> Ticket locked:  0                                |  MythUIButtonList
> -------------------------------------------------+-------------------------
>  This patch intend to improve the usability of mythtv.
>  Basically when the user reach the last/first element in a
>  MythUIButtonList, MoveDown/MoveUp select the first/last button in the
>  list. This behaviour is fine when there is more than 2 items. However when
>  there is only 2 items in the list It can be hard for the user to know
>  which one is selected vs which one is not (theme dependant).
>
>  This patch disable this behaviour when there is less than 3 buttons.
>  MoveDown/MoveUp will stay on the last/first Button when the is less than 3
>  buttons in the list.
>
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> Ticket URL: <http://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/10045>
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Would it not be better just to "fix" the offending themes, so it is
obvious which button is selected?


John
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A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
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