Pen-friendly numeric fields
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Pen-friendly numeric fields
For the happiness of tablet users out there...
One feature I like about Macromedia's Fireworks MX2004 is the numeric sliders they use. These look like standard Windows combo-boxes in that there's a text box and a button with a downward arrow next to it. In a normal combo-box, clicking the button brings out the menu of choices. In a numeric field, it pops up a slider.
Therefore, you can enter a number either by typing or by sliding.
One feature I like about Macromedia's Fireworks MX2004 is the numeric sliders they use. These look like standard Windows combo-boxes in that there's a text box and a button with a downward arrow next to it. In a normal combo-box, clicking the button brings out the menu of choices. In a numeric field, it pops up a slider.
Therefore, you can enter a number either by typing or by sliding.
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It's hard at this point to change the interface layout for all the text input fields. What about this: if you click on a text field with the right mouse button and drag side-to-side, it will increase or decrease the value in the field. Kind of like using the scroll wheel, but with a right-drag instead. My pen has a little button that lets me easily right-click, so it seems like it would be pretty pen-friendly.
What do you think?
What do you think?
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Yes!Lost Marble wrote:What about this: if you click on a text field with the right mouse button and drag side-to-side, it will increase or decrease the value in the field. Kind of like using the scroll wheel, but with a right-drag instead. My pen has a little button that lets me easily right-click, so it seems like it would be pretty pen-friendly.
What do you think?
While you're at it, no shame in learning from the "big boys": After Effects does this and it works a treat, on top of that, when holding down the shift key it multiplies the value changes with 10, when holding down the CTRL/Command key the value changes are 10 times less.
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Heh, heh. We actually have that too, kind of. Only it's 2 times the amount or 1/2 the amount. Plus, in Moho 5 the keys to activate this are different. Might as well make them the same as AE - we'll change that for beta 2.Manu wrote:While you're at it, no shame in learning from the "big boys": After Effects does this and it works a treat, on top of that, when holding down the shift key it multiplies the value changes with 10, when holding down the CTRL/Command key the value changes are 10 times less.
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Actually, this is a bit of an aside, but is it possible to change Moho's key assignments to make it closer to Adobe products? I'm thinking of the way you hold down the space bar and click to increase magnification. That way I don't have to struggle to remember what program I'm in.Lost Marble wrote: Heh, heh. We actually have that too, kind of. Only it's 2 times the amount or 1/2 the amount. Plus, in Moho 5 the keys to activate this are different. Might as well make them the same as AE - we'll change that for beta 2.
I'm not actually suggesting changing the key defaults. I'm wondering if there's some sort of "Adobe/Macromedia compatible" script or config setup that a user can choose if they want to.
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You can change the hotkeys associated with tools. Look for the file _tool_list.txt, and open it up in Notepad. You'll see a letter or number assigned to each tool (or ... for no hotkey assignment). You can change these around to map different keys to different tools.TheTallGuy wrote:Actually, this is a bit of an aside, but is it possible to change Moho's key assignments to make it closer to Adobe products?
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Yes, but can you create a script that intercepts a space bar press and hold, and then moves the display when you drag the mouse, like Adobe products do?Lost Marble wrote:You can change the hotkeys associated with tools. Look for the file _tool_list.txt, and open it up in Notepad. You'll see a letter or number assigned to each tool (or ... for no hotkey assignment). You can change these around to map different keys to different tools.
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Make what the same? the keystrokes or the amount?Lost Marble wrote:Heh, heh. We actually have that too, kind of. Only it's 2 times the amount or 1/2 the amount. Plus, in Moho 5 the keys to activate this are different. Might as well make them the same as AE - we'll change that for beta 2.Manu wrote:While you're at it, no shame in learning from the "big boys": After Effects does this and it works a treat, on top of that, when holding down the shift key it multiplies the value changes with 10, when holding down the CTRL/Command key the value changes are 10 times less.