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Re: MLCad wishlist (was Re: Ice Cream
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lugnet.cad.mlcad
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Wed, 1 Dec 1999 02:39:19 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.mlcad, Jeff Boen wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.mlcad, Larry Pieniazek writes:
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> > When the colors pop up, tell me the LDraw color numbers. Also, let me
> > pick 16 as a special choice. I can't right now tell if it's one of the
> > grays, not there at all or what. (I may hack around and try to figure it
> > out but I haven't yet)
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> I've talked to Mike extensively about color selection... my advice was to have
> a "quick" color bar running vertically on one side of the screen, ala Corel
> Draw! with 32 or so color boxes... click the box and the currently selected
> object(s) get that color.. hover over it to see the color # pop up... define
> what colors you want in the quick pick boxes via a color dialog that can be
> opened from the menu.. that way you can have your fav/commonly used colors one
> click away... I suggested Mike give us the full 255 possible choices in the
> config dialog, just like LDAO lists in its color chart.
Just 'cause I can't keep my mouth shut, I'd rather see a drop-down color
selection tool than an always-there color tool. Video real estate is limited as
it is.
Ditto for the zoom buttons. They'd go perfect in a drop-down list or dialog.
But those are extremely minor nits. I should go fix my own program before
complaining.
Steve
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 | | Re: Ice Cream
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| (...) I like the CorelDraw idea. I think the best way to please both sides is to have a removable color bar and a drop-down list. If the color bar were to follow the true style of the Corel bar (which takes up very little room), you would be able to (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: MLCad wishlist (was Re: Ice Cream
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| (...) I've talked to Mike extensively about color selection... my advice was to have a "quick" color bar running vertically on one side of the screen, ala Corel Draw! with 32 or so color boxes... click the box and the currently selected object(s) (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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