From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Per Abrahamsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Customize interface: The use of "boxed" buttons Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2004 09:39:39 +0200 Organization: The Church of Emacs Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1086594032 19681 80.91.224.253 (7 Jun 2004 07:40:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 07:40:32 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 07 09:40:27 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BXEk7-00016x-00 for ; Mon, 07 Jun 2004 09:40:27 +0200 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BXEk6-0008Rw-00 for ; Mon, 07 Jun 2004 09:40:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BXEkd-0007kL-8E for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Mon, 07 Jun 2004 03:40:59 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BXEkU-0007fk-Ql for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jun 2004 03:40:50 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BXEkU-0007eT-5N for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jun 2004 03:40:50 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BXEkU-0007eM-2z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jun 2004 03:40:50 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.224.249] (helo=main.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BXEjO-0004am-96 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jun 2004 03:39:42 -0400 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BXEjN-0006Nw-00 for ; Mon, 07 Jun 2004 09:39:41 +0200 Original-Received: from sheridan.dina.kvl.dk ([130.225.40.227]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 07 Jun 2004 09:39:41 +0200 Original-Received: from abraham by sheridan.dina.kvl.dk with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 07 Jun 2004 09:39:41 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 17 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: sheridan.dina.kvl.dk X-Face: +kRV2]2q}lixHkE{U)mY#+6]{AH=yN~S9@IFiOa@X6?GM|8MBp/ Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:SHfBeRj0MiQPMzk7H1SP6Wvk9ZQ= X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:24646 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:24646 Richard Stallman writes: > > How would you suggest implementing a look for pressed and unpressed > > buttons? > > The look is fine, it is how it is used. The pressed button look is, > in other GUI's, used when the button is pressed, i.e. on mouse-down > not on mouse-over. > > So you're saying that simply removing the mouse-face would make > it better? Yes. Or change it to a "raised button" face with a lighter color tone, as Paul Pogonyshev suggested. It would be nice also to switch to the pressed-button face on mouse-down, but that would be more work.