Subject: RE>Re: REPOST: Parts with fixed display size
Sent: 9/4/96 2:48 PM
Received: 9/4/96 2:48 PM
From: Rob Cope <rob@eclipse.cpcn.com>
Reply-To: ODF-Interest@CILabs.ORG
To: OpenDoc Development Framework Discussion List
Date: 9/4/96
Subject: RE>Re: REPOST: Parts with fixed display size Time: 2:59 PM
Oliver,
>>Restricting user control would go against HI guidelines. It's notnecessary
>either.
>You are right for the usual data types like drawings and text.
>However, I believe it necessary for certain types of content when it would
>be an error for the user to change the visible area. I do not want to
>disclose what type of content I am dealing with, but it includes its own HI
>guidelines and I want to make sure that the user obeys them.
>Fortunately, sometimes if something is against the HI guidelines it does
>not mean that it can not be done. ;-)
I just thought one point needed some emphasizing. While it is true that you can set your used shape to anything you want, keep in mind that it is your container that determines your frame shape. If you try to set your frame shape to something other than that given to you by your containing frame, mayhem will ensue. This means that there is nothing you can do to keep parts of your UI from being clipped if the user makes your frame shape too small.
Since there is nothing you can do to keep the user from changing your frame size and shape, you may want to add a menu item that will request the proper frame shape from the container, just to make it easier for them to keep it the way it works best.
