https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=390471 User mmeeks@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=390471#c3 Michael Meeks <mmeeks@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |rpmcruz@alunos.dcc.fc.up.pt --- Comment #3 from Michael Meeks <mmeeks@novell.com> 2008-05-15 03:47:33 MST --- Agreed :-) I too couldn't work out how to install things - and didn't notice the "Install" icon button on the bottom right until hunting for it. Ricardo - any chance of a bigger "install" button somewhere more visible ? Can we put it beside the Filter combo ? perhaps with three icon: install, update, remove - make them always visible - and change their sensitivity as we go [ can be duplicate icons perhaps ? ] - the Gnome HIG suggests not hiding & showing the UI as much as possible, but de-sensitising it appropriately. Another thing that would be extremely helpful [I think], would be to make the existing buttons insensitive when there is nothing selected - such that when someone clicks on one - at least the existing icon changes to sensitive - alerting people that something is now possible :-) I played with the latter suggestion: --- src/YGPackageSelector.cc (revision 47549) +++ src/YGPackageSelector.cc (working copy) @@ -1606,6 +1606,10 @@ void setPackages (const PkgList &packages) { m_packages = packages; + + gtk_widget_set_sensitive (m_installed_box, !packages.empty()); + gtk_widget_set_sensitive (m_available_box, !packages.empty()); + if (packages.empty()) return; The problem is that the information in the bottom PackageControl can get stale - since it's not flushed / hidden on package de-selection (as we see above). Perhaps a solution would be to switch the layout: put the action buttons on the left side of the package description (so the eye sees them first) - and add move the action items to the left side too. Perhaps also replacing the version combo-button with a "click to install" type button would work - or even making the install button bigger ? :-) Another useful hint here I think would be to de-sensitise the "Apply" button when there is no transaction - that should alert people to the fact that they need to do something more I guess :-) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.