ronnyb Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 It would be beneficial to have the Section Manager… command appear as a button next to Document Setup… and Spread Setup… when the Arrow tool is selected. I would consider renaming it Section Setup… to keep it in line with the others. I would consider getting rid of Preferences… as Preferences applies to the app and not the Document, and only clutters interface. Thanks for the excellent work you do and your consideration. A_B_C 1 Quote 2021 16” Macbook Pro w/ M1 Max 10c cpu /24c gpu, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Ventura 13.6 2018 11" iPad Pro w/ A12X cpu/gpu, 256 GB, iPadOS 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 Makes pretty much sense to me, Ronny. ronnyb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominik Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 10 hours ago, ronnyb said: It would be beneficial to have the Section Manager… command appear as a button next to Document Setup… and Spread Setup… when the Arrow tool is selected. I would consider renaming it Section Setup… to keep it in line with the others. I would consider getting rid of Preferences… as Preferences applies to the app and not the Document, and only clutters interface. Thanks for the excellent work you do and your consideration. Hi @ronnyb, are you aware that the section manager is available as an icon in the pages panel? Since the pages panel is almost always visible this should be a good shortcut. It's just not next to 'Document Setup' but below d. ronnyb 1 Quote Affinity Designer 1 & 2 | Affinity Photo 1 & 2 | Affinity Publisher 1 & 2 Affinity Designer 2 for iPad | Affinity Photo 2 for iPad | Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad Windows 11 64-bit - Core i7 - 16GB - Intel HD Graphics 4600 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M iPad pro 9.7" + Apple Pencil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 That’s true, but for my part, I never really understood why the Preferences … button should be on the context toolbar. To my mind, the context toolbar is a part of the UI hosting document-related options, not app-related ones. Hmm. ronnyb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnyb Posted June 23, 2019 Author Share Posted June 23, 2019 15 hours ago, dominik said: Hi @ronnyb, are you aware that the section manager is available as an icon in the pages panel? Since the pages panel is almost always visible this should be a good shortcut. It's just not next to 'Document Setup' but below d. 13 hours ago, A_B_C said: That’s true, but for my part, I never really understood why the Preferences … button should be on the context toolbar. To my mind, the context toolbar is a part of the UI hosting document-related options, not app-related ones. Hmm. Thanks @dominik I didn’t know its a tiny icon! The context toolbar seems like a better place in my mind in lieu of Preferences button as @A_B_C mentions... Quote 2021 16” Macbook Pro w/ M1 Max 10c cpu /24c gpu, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Ventura 13.6 2018 11" iPad Pro w/ A12X cpu/gpu, 256 GB, iPadOS 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fde101 Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 Also, none of these menu commands (or buttons) should have ellipses on the end. Their sole purpose is to open a window, and they don't need additional information to do that. ronnyb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnyb Posted June 24, 2019 Author Share Posted June 24, 2019 5 hours ago, fde101 said: Also, none of these menu commands (or buttons) should have ellipses on the end. Their sole purpose is to open a window, and they don't need additional information to do that. I believe per Apple's GUI guidelines, any command/button which opens up a pop-up window/panel for user input (vs. executing a command instantly, ie Cut, Copy, Paste, Group, etc) requires an ellipsis after it's name... Quote 2021 16” Macbook Pro w/ M1 Max 10c cpu /24c gpu, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Ventura 13.6 2018 11" iPad Pro w/ A12X cpu/gpu, 256 GB, iPadOS 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fde101 Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 17 minutes ago, ronnyb said: any command/button which opens up a pop-up window/panel for user input Interesting... the guidelines for buttons are different from those for menu items. I stand corrected. The menu items for these should NOT have the ellipses, but the buttons apparently should. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnyb Posted June 24, 2019 Author Share Posted June 24, 2019 9 minutes ago, fde101 said: Interesting... the guidelines for buttons are different from those for menu items. I stand corrected. The menu items for these should NOT have the ellipses, but the buttons apparently should. Menu items too... Quote 2021 16” Macbook Pro w/ M1 Max 10c cpu /24c gpu, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Ventura 13.6 2018 11" iPad Pro w/ A12X cpu/gpu, 256 GB, iPadOS 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fde101 Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 1 minute ago, ronnyb said: Menu items too... No. Menu items should only have ellipses when they require additional information to complete the action. Opening a window IS the action performed by those menu items - they don't need additional information to do that, so they should not have ellipses. ronnyb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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