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Re: Hiding a control on MacOS10.2


On Jul 31, 2005, at 6:16 AM, Erik Buck wrote:

One solution for hiding controls is not to do it.

While I generally agree with this, there are situations where hiding a control is the "right thing to do".

Consider a window that (among other things) has a progress bar that sometimes shows that something is being done. You wouldn't always want it visible, especially if you're using that area as a status area as well.

Let's say that the operation is a download. While downloading, you show the progress bar with a stop button. When the download is complete, the progress bar and stop button are replaced with a bit of text indicating that the download was successful. Safari's download window is an example of this kind of design, and it works well.

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