Joined: May 31, 2003 Posts: 219 Location: French Alps
Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 10:54 am Post subject: "Docking" palettes in Neo/J 1.1
Might not be obvious for all:
To dock (stick) your navigator or stylist window palettes:
Command(Apple)-double-click on its grey frame. It will stick to the main window frame, and remember its position and size when hidden using toolbar button.
To arrange its position:
command-drag the grey frame. You can then have the stylist and navigator tiled on a single column on the same window side.
Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 11:13 am Post subject: Re: "Docking" palettes in Neo/J 1.1
Thanks! Maybe something to add to the release notes .
Max_Barel wrote:
Might not be obvious for all:
To dock (stick) your navigator or stylist window palettes:
Command(Apple)-double-click on its grey frame. It will stick to the main window frame, and remember its position and size when hidden using toolbar button.
To arrange its position:
command-drag the grey frame. You can then have the stylist and navigator tiled on a single column on the same window side.
Joined: Sep 18, 2003 Posts: 434 Location: London, UK
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 4:10 am Post subject:
I wonder if it would actually be better to default to this as the starting layout (have the Nav/stylist palette integrated into the main document window) - if it is possible - as it is easier to notice that you can display them as standalone palettes by clicking the magnifying glass icon beside the integrated panes (if you want them that way), than it is to know how to get them integrated in the first place... thoughts? _________________ PBG4, 1.5GHz, SuperDrive, 1GB RAM, 128MB VRAM, 5400rpm 80GB HD, MacOS X 10.4.5
I wonder if it would actually be better to default to this as the starting layout (have the Nav/stylist palette integrated into the main document window) - if it is possible - as it is easier to notice that you can display them as standalone palettes by clicking the magnifying glass icon beside the integrated panes (if you want them that way), than it is to know how to get them integrated in the first place... thoughts?
I'm trying to move my Stylist to the left side (cmd-double-click always puts it on the right side [even in RTL OS locales, where everything else is flipped in Neo/J]), and cmd-drag on the docked Stylist's frame seems to undock the Stylist rather than moving it.
What am I missing?
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Joined: May 31, 2003 Posts: 219 Location: French Alps
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 4:35 am Post subject:
You are right: the feature got broken somewhere between my initial post and yours.
What should happen is that, when moving the palette, the thick frame becomes thinner where it can stick. This does not happen anymore.
I didn't notice, since my settings are remembered from the time it worked.
After moving my Library/NeoOffice-1.1 folder apart, I'm no more able to dock on the right.
Could someone with a working install of OOo/X11 1.1 check if this loss is from the codebase?
If not it might be related to some event management and then filed to Bugzilla.
Could someone with a working install of OOo/X11 1.1 check if this loss is from the codebase?
If not it might be related to some event management and then filed to Bugzilla.
Merci for the clear picture of what's supposed to happen, Max.
It's definitely working in a fairly stock 1.1.2 (and docks on the left by default!), but we need someone to check 1.1.3, since that's what Neo/J 1.1 Beta is based on. There's no public English build, though; if no one else has a version of 1.1.3, I believe ericb has a French build at fr.openoffice.org that I can download and try later. (Note even if you have enabled the X11 ctrl>cmd hack, this function still requires ctrl.)
(I also notice that the highlight/text color palettes, which used to default to "drop-down menus" until torn off, are now torn off automatically. I didn't think this was the case originally in 1.1.2 nor in the Neo/J 1.1 Alphas.)
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 1:27 am Post subject: Re: Docking windows
sardisson wrote:
Max_Barel wrote:
Could someone with a working install of OOo/X11 1.1 check if this loss is from the codebase?
If not it might be related to some event management and then filed to Bugzilla.
It's definitely working in a fairly stock 1.1.2 (and docks on the left by default!), but we need someone to check 1.1.3, since that's what Neo/J 1.1 Beta is based on. There's no public English build, though; if no one else has a version of 1.1.3, I believe ericb has a French build at fr.openoffice.org that I can download and try later. (Note even if you have enabled the X11 ctrl>cmd hack, this function still requires ctrl.)
It took me a little while to figure out what exactly you were talking about - the OOo help was helpful.
I tested with English versions of OOo 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, and they all behave the same way (docks default to left, can drag to either side) in this respect regarding docking of the stylist window. I don't believe I have any additional Command<->Control key mapping patches. I am using X11.app, and I had to use the Control key (as per the OOo help).
I can also confirm that the behavior in NeoOffice/J 1.1BetaPatch6 is different from OOo - need to use the Command key, and I was not able to dock the window on the right hand side.
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 3:07 am Post subject: Re: Docking windows
Terry Teague wrote:
It took me a little while to figure out what exactly you were talking about - the OOo help was helpful.
Sometimes it really is At other times, I have found it rather unhelpful.
Terry Teague wrote:
I tested with English versions of OOo 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, and they all behave the same way (docks default to left, can drag to either side) in this respect regarding docking of the stylist window.
Thanks, Terry! I just finished downloading the fr-1.1.3, but that saves me from installing it I must have once-upon-a-time accidentally docked it in Neo/J and dragged it to the other side, then.
Terry Teague wrote:
I don't believe I have any additional Command<->Control key mapping patches. I am using X11.app, and I had to use the Control key (as per the OOo help).
Maybe it's just the setting in X11.app, but somewhere in my memory is Ed saying y'all had to work up some patches to get that working.
Terry Teague wrote:
I can also confirm that the behavior in NeoOffice/J 1.1BetaPatch6 is different from OOo - need to use the Command key, and I was not able to dock the window on the right hand side.
With some copyrighted "Luby Magic," Patrick has mapped all of the OOo control-key sequences to command, leaving control to access the contextual menus as Steve Jobs intended So that part is as-expected.
Joined: Oct 27, 2004 Posts: 45 Location: Le Mans, France
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 8:52 pm Post subject:
I have accidentaly moved the Galery, before it was on top, now on the right of the document, but I can't put it on top anymore ! Someone Has any idea ?
I would like to put it on the left in fact if it possible but each time I try to drag it it becomes a floating palette.
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