Preferences UI operation theory
Preferences UI operation theory
- Subject: Preferences UI operation theory
- From: Mark Dawson <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 22:01:30 -0800
Reading the Cocoa programming book by Hillegas, an example was given
for delegates in a way for all open documents to change given a change
in preferences (changing their background color). This was done
because the mythical user complained that using the old way didn't take
effect until a new document was opened.
That got me thinking:
Are there any rules of thumb as to when a preference change happens
immediately and when it applies later (such as next open document)?
Somewhat of a reverse way of asking this: Is there any standard for
when to apply a preference to the active document vs to the next opened
document?
There definitely seem to be times when it would be nice to set the
'startup" font, the one the every new document defaults to. It would
also be nice to change the font for the next time you type (and of
course for selected text, but that's not usually part of preferences).
Less common, I think, would be the example given in the book, where
you'd want the preferences applied to all open documents.
I just wasn't sure if there were any "standards" that I missed finding
in the documentation. II lean towards letting the user edit the
"defaults", and the active document.
mark
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