There is a relatively minor issue with the Appearance Options window. The "Select a theme:" listbox is missing it's title bar, and the Description column.
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Appearance Option listbox - V10.0
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Re: Appearance Option listbox - V10.0
Hi NormC, thanks for the feedback. I need to update the screenshots in the documentation.
The Description column was removed in version 10.0 because the English descriptions are hard-coded in the language files. VueMinder now supports other languages, so it looked weird seeing English descriptions in the Appearance Options when a non-English language was used.
The descriptions didn't really add much value anyway. A user can click the Preview button if they want to see what the theme looks like.
Since the Description column was removed, the list only consisted of 1 column. From a UI design perspective, a list with 1 column should only have the column header shown if it needs to be sorted. I didn't see the benefit of allowing the theme list to be sorted since there are only around a dozen files, so I removed the column header to simplify the window.
I hope that long-ish explanation clarifies why the theme list was changed. Please let me know if you have any other questions.
The Description column was removed in version 10.0 because the English descriptions are hard-coded in the language files. VueMinder now supports other languages, so it looked weird seeing English descriptions in the Appearance Options when a non-English language was used.
The descriptions didn't really add much value anyway. A user can click the Preview button if they want to see what the theme looks like.
Since the Description column was removed, the list only consisted of 1 column. From a UI design perspective, a list with 1 column should only have the column header shown if it needs to be sorted. I didn't see the benefit of allowing the theme list to be sorted since there are only around a dozen files, so I removed the column header to simplify the window.
I hope that long-ish explanation clarifies why the theme list was changed. Please let me know if you have any other questions.
Dan Chartrand, Founder
VueSoft LLC | St. Louis, Missouri, USA
VueSoft LLC | St. Louis, Missouri, USA