[virt-tools-list] [PATCH virt-viewer v3 00/10] Replace oVirt foreign menu with dedicated dialog

[Fabiano Fidêncio]

On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 3:04 PM, Eduardo Lima (Etrunko)
<etrunko at redhat.com> wrote:
> On 08/02/2016 01:17 PM, Christophe Fergeau wrote:
>> On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 06:40:23PM -0300, Eduardo Lima (Etrunko) wrote:
>>> I have pushed the first two patches of the series because they were
>>> already acknowledged and were pretty much self-contained.
>>>
>>> I tried to replace GtkTreeView in favor of new GtkListBox, but after some
>>> painful work, I decided to drop it because it is not possible to
>>> reproduce the exact same behavior of the former with the latter. For
>>> instance, once we have a GtkRadioButton activated, it is not possible to
>>> deactivate it.
>>
>> For what it's worth, I'm not sure we should keep GtkRadioButtons at all
>> cost in the list, imo they look not so nice. Dunno if it would be
>> possibe to have either empty column or check mark instead of a
>> GtkRadioButton.
>>
>
> Well, I am no UI expert, but it seems to me that radio buttons are the
> best choice to express the behavior of the list, exactly 1 or 0 item can
> be active at any given time. With check buttons, user is given the
> impression that more than once can be selected, which is not the case.

I do agree with Eduardo here.
I have the feeling that radio buttons are the most suitable option here.

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Best Regards,
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Fabiano Fidêncio