0000519: Enable/disable actions according to KDE ui guidelines

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0000519

Kdenlive

User Interface

public

2008-12-23 18:10

2010-08-02 19:43

Reporter

madsdyd

Assigned To

LeHomard

Priority

low

Severity

tweak

Reproducibility

always

Status

acknowledged

Resolution

open

Platform

32 bit intel and alike

Kubuntu Linux

OS Version

8.04

Product Version

0.7.0

Target Version

Fixed in Version

Summary

0000519: Enable/disable actions according to KDE ui guidelines

Description

A number of actions are currently only valid when in a specific state. When the user tries to use them he/she will get a "Invalid action" message in the statusbar.

According to KDE ui guidelines (http://usability.kde.org/hig/current/menus-menubar.php [^]) such actions should be *disabled* when invalid, that is, greyed out (One can surely argue if this is correct or not, but those are the guidelines as they are).

Example: Adding a marker to a clip only makes sense if a clip is selected, and the yellow marker is inside the clip. In that case, the add marker action should be enabled, otherwise, it should not.

There are more like this. It seems actions could be grouped into groups like this:

a) Actions that are globally available always (e.g. save as)
b) Project actions that are globally available for specific project states (e.g. save)
c) Actions that are available when a clip/transition is selected, regardless of marker state (e.g. delete clip)
d) Actions that are available when a clip is selected, and the yellow marker is inside the clip "range", such as "set in point" or "set out point".
e) Actions that are available when a clip is selected, and the yellow marker is inside the clip on the timeline, such as "add marker",

I am not talking about grouping the GUI, but rather as "availability groups" or something in the C++ code.

Low priority, but at some point this should be addressed.

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(0005438) LeHomard (developer) 2010-08-02 19:09	Acknowledging issue.

(0005440) tidris769 (reporter) 2010-08-02 19:43	I second this request. When I was learning to use kdenlive many months ago much of the grief and confusion came from trying to use actions that were enabled in the menus but were not applicable at the time.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2008-12-23 18:10	madsdyd	New Issue
2008-12-23 18:10	madsdyd	Build/Install Method	=> Not Applicable
2010-08-02 19:09	LeHomard	Note Added: 0005438
2010-08-02 19:09	LeHomard	Assigned To	=> LeHomard
2010-08-02 19:09	LeHomard	Status	new => acknowledged
2010-08-02 19:43	tidris769	Note Added: 0005440