[Interest] QTabWidget activity

Murphy, Sean smurphy at walbro.com
Fri Jan 8 16:49:52 CET 2016


> Does something different happen every time
> or does the same thing happen every time.
> 
> If the same thing happens every time then the user
> has very little to learn. If I were the user, an
> over animated, eye-catching response would get old
> real fast.

Good question! The same thing happens every time, but it's a somewhat infrequent
operation, and obviously one that the user initiates. So I think if I go down the animation 
route, as long as it is a quick animation that doesn't interfere much I'd be Ok.

I honestly prefer just changing the text on the destination tab where the number of
unseen snapshots is indicated like so:
  Normal tab text "Data Review"
  User takes a snapshot, tab text changes to "Data Review (1)"
  User takes another snapshot, tab text changes to "Data Review (2)"
  User makes the Data Review tab the current tab, tab text changes back to "Data Review"
Or do a similar idea just setting an icon on the tab when there are new unseen snapshots, clearing 
the icon once the user makes the tab current.

But at the moment I'm being out-voted by my boss - so I'm still trying to win this one...
Sean



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