Re: customize GNUstep

[Nicolas Roard]

Le 22 juin 05 à 22:56, Quentin Mathé a écrit :

> Theoretically controlBackgroundColor would the right choice because  
> NSToolbar isn't a precisely bounded clickable area like a button,  
> but a clickable area which varies with displayed content like a  
> table view or a browser column. However controlBackgroundColor is  
> currently white in GNUstep and that's the problem because a  
> completely white toolbar would be ugly.

Actually, controlBackgroundColor is set to NSLightGray by default  
(0.667), which is the same value
as for example, windowBackgroundColor ... and personally I think  
controlBackgroundColor would be fine for the
toolbar. Although we can have (as of now) a different colorname if  
you really want to have a different color.. :-)

Basically the problem wasn't, shall we include or not new colorNames  
(as you said, I'll need to add a couple of
new ones for Camaelon too..) but more, "how do we include them" ? --  
eg, shall we put the new color names
in the default system color list, or shall we (as you did for  
NSToolbar) create a different color list for theses additional
colors..

Personally I would tend to prefer putting the additional system  
colors in the default system color list, that would be
simpler. Sure, thoses colors aren't in OpenStep, but that's not a  
problem -- the default system color list is on the
implementation side... so as long as we mark possible new accessors  
methods for theses additional colors as
specifically "gnustep only" then, I don't see a problem by putting  
all the colors used by gnustep in the system color
list. But well, that's a matter of taste.

> For this reason I wanted to introduce another color value for  
> toolbar background which would be available in GNUstep NSColor  
> implementation (unlike Cocoa).
> For the border color, I may try NSBox color… but I remember to have  
> tried various shades of gray available with NSColor before deciding  
> to use a custom gray for the border too.

Why not using a bevel for the border ? I always disliked the simple  
line of the current NSToolbar...
I did some tests with GNUMail when NSToolbar was introduced that you  
could be interested in:
http://www.roard.com/screenshots/gnumail-toolbar1.png -- same color  
as the window's background
http://www.roard.com/screenshots/gnumail-toolbar2.png -- slightly  
lighter gray
http://www.roard.com/screenshots/gnumail-toolbar3.png -- using  
buttons ...

They all show a bevel border, and imho it looks much better. I tend  
to prefer gnumail-toolbar1.png over the others.

Cheers,

--
Nicolas Roard
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
 -Arthur C. Clarke