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Bug 682270 - Wireless list - arrow button is undiscoverable and hard to activate
Wireless list - arrow button is undiscoverable and hard to activate
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-control-center
Classification: Core
Component: Network
git master
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Control-Center Maintainers
Control-Center Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2012-08-20 14:34 UTC by Allan Day
Modified: 2012-09-13 21:23 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: 3.6
GNOME version: 3.5/3.6


Attachments
modified screenshot (41.12 KB, image/png)
2012-08-20 14:34 UTC, Allan Day
Details
wifi-improvements branch screenshot (41.09 KB, image/png)
2012-09-09 02:19 UTC, Matthias Clasen
Details

Description Allan Day 2012-08-20 14:34:34 UTC
Created attachment 221852 [details]
modified screenshot

The new wireless list uses an arrow button for showing more details about a network. The current layout of the list creates a number of significant problems here:

 * The arrow is lost - it isn't a prominent element, and it is hard to guess that it provides essential functionality.
 * The arrow is a very small click target.
 * There is nothing to indicate when the arrow and the row are separate click targets.

Some ways to alleviate this:

 * Add more vertical spacing between list items.
 * Add more horizontal spacing on either side of the arrow.
 * Change the symbolic arrow icon to a normal icon.
 * When the row contains two click targets, add a line next to the arrow.

I've attached a modified screenshot to show what I mean.
Comment 1 Matthias Clasen 2012-09-09 02:19:06 UTC
Some of these proposals are implemented in the wifi-improvements branch.
See the screenshot for how it looks.
Comment 2 Matthias Clasen 2012-09-09 02:19:40 UTC
Created attachment 223831 [details]
wifi-improvements branch screenshot
Comment 3 Matthias Clasen 2012-09-13 21:23:48 UTC
This was merged to today