GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 589812
the mouse cursor should change when over a curve/keyframe
Last modified: 2009-08-03 22:48:59 UTC
The mouse cursor currently does not change when you are over a clip's curve or keyframe. Thus you have no way to know if you're correctly aligned to click (that, and the fact that the thing is damn hard to hit precisely). I would like the cursor to change to a "hand" when you can grab the keyframes or add a new one by double-clicking, or drag a curve, etc.
That's a valid point
Currently the curve itself gets thicker when the mouse is positioned over it. I can also highlight the keyframe under the mouse when it's in range. Would you still want a hand cursor? My thought is that it would obscure the keyframe.
I noticed that, but I'd like the hand cursors nevertheless. Notice how ever your web browser does that for links. You don't lose the precision, the finger is quite precise, but it's much more obvious (without looking into fine details like stroke width).
Turning the cursor into a finger definitely is a good idea Besides this matches Design Principles : 5. Provide feedback. Change cursor styles, provide real time updates. http://www.pitivi.org/wiki/UI_Design
commit f214992b5e1201f6afcbdb6362fc43c0328ca669 Author: Brandon Lewis <brandon_lewis@berkeley.edu> Date: Mon Aug 3 15:24:21 2009 -0700 curve.py: set cursor to hand shape when hovering over interpolation curve fixes bug 589812