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Bug 14219 - Border elimination in MDI mode
Summary: Border elimination in MDI mode
Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: platform
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Window System (show other bugs)
Version: 3.x
Hardware: PC All
: P4 blocker (vote)
Assignee: mslama
URL:
Keywords: UI
Depends on: 11010 11582
Blocks:
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Reported: 2001-08-06 18:34 UTC by _ gtzabari
Modified: 2008-12-23 09:33 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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Description _ gtzabari 2001-08-06 18:34:44 UTC 
I've got a killer idea on how to save space in MDI mode..

  Right now when a user wants to resize an "attached MDI frame" he has to move 
the mouse over the frame border and drag the window to its new size. The 
current border is 3-5 pixels wide which is a waste of space plus it doesn't 
look very nice either.

  What I propose is that you eliminate the border-draging method in favour of a 
titlebar-draging method. Basically users will be able to drag the title-bar 
(that horizontal bar on top of all frames which holds the name of the window) 
up/down to grow/shrink the window size..

   For backward-compatiblity you could keep the border but minimize it to a 
size of 1 pixel so when the user brings his mouse over the end of the titlebar 
his mouse changes to the "resize" icon and he can still resize like he did 
before.

   One of the major issues against MDI mode is lack of space. I think this is 
an important step in solving that problem, one pixel at a time ;)
Comment 1 Jan Zajicek 2001-08-07 15:40:56 UTC 
window system
Comment 2 Jan Zajicek 2001-08-07 15:41:38 UTC 
x
Comment 3 Jan Chalupa 2001-11-27 11:51:37 UTC 
Target milestone -> 3.3.1.
Comment 4 Jan Chalupa 2001-11-27 11:54:58 UTC 
Target milestone -> 3.3.1.
Comment 5 Jan Chalupa 2002-01-11 14:00:11 UTC 
Target milestone -> 3.4
Comment 6 Jan Chalupa 2002-01-11 14:04:05 UTC 
Target milestone -> 3.4
Comment 7 Jan Chalupa 2002-01-11 14:05:41 UTC 
Target milestone -> 3.4
Comment 8 Jan Chalupa 2002-01-11 14:09:44 UTC 
Target milestone -> 3.4
Comment 9 David Simonek 2002-01-28 15:46:58 UTC 
Reassigning to Jiri for evaluation. Jiri, please check for duplications, think
about what these enhancements will need to be implemented right and write down
your observations and thoughts to the enhs themselves.
Comment 10 mslama 2002-02-11 15:16:26 UTC 
We plan to remove border around maximized frame in MDI.
Comment 11 Marek Grummich 2002-07-22 08:32:57 UTC 
Target milestone was changed from '3.4' to TBD.
Comment 12 Marek Grummich 2002-07-22 08:43:44 UTC 
Target milestone was changed from '3.4' to TBD.
Comment 13 Peter Zavadsky 2002-07-24 09:59:51 UTC 
I guess this problem (taking as much space as possible) is solved by
maximized desktop area. Closing as worksforme.
Reopen if I missed something.
Comment 14 Quality Engineering 2003-07-01 15:49:19 UTC 
Resolved for 3.4.x or earlier, no new info since then -> verified.
Comment 15 Quality Engineering 2003-07-01 16:13:12 UTC 
Resolved for 3.4.x or earlier, no new info since then -> closing.