GUI advise needed

[NardJ]

@Photonsters/photonsters

Any advise on the GUI for the new Photonsters File Editor? I currently opted for the classic layout with the toolbar just below the menu and the file info in the footer. The scrollbar is on the left on both tabs. Any advise is greatly appreciated!

[moppius]

I think it's good overall - classic and easy to get used to.

The main thing is that (in the first image) that properties panel is very busy - maybe General, Previews and LayerDefs should be separate tabs too, so it's not as overwhelming on one screen?

Also, I'd probably go with capitalised first letters for the icon names (Undo, Cut, Copy, Paste etc.) for consistency. Either that, or get rid of the text altogether and just have it as a tooltip with only the icon visible by default.

Nice work, and good call for asking for feedback! :)

[X3msnake]

can't check this today but will reserve sone time tomorrow to look at it. one thing i am sure is that we have tio ditch the photon logo and use the photonsters logo for the new files placeholder. i Will also work on that tomorrow. Awsome work Master, will give propper feedback in a couple of hours No dia segunda-feira, 5 de agosto de 2019, Paul Greveson < [email protected]> escreveu:

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I think it's good overall - classic and easy to get used to. The main thing is that (in the first image) that properties panel is very busy - maybe *General*, *Previews* and *LayerDefs* should be separate tabs too, so it's not as overwhelming on one screen? Also, I'd probably go with capitalised first letters for the icon names (Undo, Cut, Copy, Paste etc.) for consistency. Either that, or get rid of the text altogether and just have it as a tooltip with only the icon visible by default. Nice work, and good call for asking for feedback! :) — You are receiving this because you are on a team that was mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#3>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ACUR56VQSZ6JUX5NAI4U4DLQDB7BJANCNFSM4IJN36RQ> .

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[NardJ]

@X3msnake: Hi master, are you back from holliday? Did you have time to look into the new GUI for PFEv2?

[X3msnake]

@NardJ Still in holidays till the end of the month, but i'll take a look at it now

[X3msnake]

@NardJ how do I run the PFE2?
Dosen't look to be any main.py program on neither the DEV nor the Master

[NardJ]

@X3msnake: I can reproduce this if running the source with Python 2. If you used Python 2, can you try again with Python 3?

[NardJ]

@moppius: Thx for your advice.
Currently on holiday so I now have some time to implement your ideas :-)

I already changed the icon label to use capital first letters.

I have a question about using multiple tabs for the properties: If I put the properties in multiple tabs, I will get a lot of white space on each tab.

• The 'Headers' tab will often have two columns of properties, (btw the layer image in the current tab 'Properties' tab can be omitted.)
• In a 'Previews' tab I could show the Preview images,
• The 'LayerDefs' tab will only have a few items.

Any advise on how to make good use of the white space?