GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 743477
Add a view category to the options popover menu
Last modified: 2015-05-25 10:27:29 UTC
Since the implementation of a header bar with popover menus, there are some view-related options which are no longer exposed in the UI. Specifically, the toggling of the: - Status bar, - Image Gallery (F9), and - Side Pane (Ctrl+F9). (See the following screenshot: https://plus.google.com/photos/112026213399155142823/albums/6108017647386043409/6108017650916547746?pid=6108017650916547746&oid=112026213399155142823) I think it would make sense to include these options as checkboxes in a "View" category in the options popover menu, as has been done in gedit.
The entries are still available in the app menu since they affect all open windows not just the current one. gedit follows the single window approach I believe. I am not sure whether we should duplicate them into the window menu again, since the single menu can clutter pretty fast.
Thanks for the feedback. The current implementation is still work in progress, and some design details may change. In my mind, the visibility of the status bar and side pane depend on how properties are expected to work. Currently, properties can be found in three locations - the status bar, the side pane, and the properties dialog. This is way too much. The properties side pane is definitely the best way to present properties - I would therefore consolidate on this and remove the others. Since the side pane would then become the primary way to view properties, I agree that it deserves more exposure in the UI, probably through the header bar menu. As for the image gallery, it would be good to give it more exposure in the future, but I'm not sure the quality is currently good enough to make it so prominent.
Allright, for now I am adding an entry for the sidebar into the "view-section" where there's the slideshow entry already is. We can add more entries once were satisfied with them. Once that happens we can also move them into their own submenu. commit 3a7c15a2cb20d7d96cdc364616a3839b9f85704a Author: Felix Riemann <> Date: Mon May 25 12:17:06 2015 +0200 EogWindow: Add entry for sidebar into gear menu https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743477 About the statusbar: The statusbar is currently still needed for progress reporting, to show where in the collection we are and the more or less exact zoom level. The image size is a leftover from previous eog versions where we weren't emphasizing the side pane that much. I have also experimented a bit to make the collection pane look more like in Allan's designs. However, I've not come very far yet. I was able to make the background look black somehow but the fadout effect on the ends is not working out nicely so far. Closing this ticket, as we can add the other menu entries once the corresponding bars are more pleasing. --- This problem has been fixed in the unstable development version. The fix will be available in the next major software release. You may need to upgrade your Linux distribution to obtain that newer version.