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Revision as of 15:33, 19 October 2009
This page summarizes the investigations into an updated visual design (default stylesheet) for the e4 workbench.
Goals
The goals of this work are:
- design a compelling visual style for e4
- reduce visual noise, focus on the data
- investigate additional breathing space, lessons learned from publishing and web
- sleek/modern
- drive the ability/flexibility of the CSS styling for SWT widgets
- demonstrate the ability to keep a "classic" look and supply alternate designs
- identify the major interaction design issues (workbench model) that might block visual design
Timetable/approach
- October
- Investigate/define implementation constraints
- Bogdan - explore tab shape definition, border control, Windows 7 implications (if any)
- Prioritize visual design areas
- Susan - work within e4 plat UI team to prioritize focus areas for design exploration
- Investigate/define implementation constraints
- November
- Visual design explorations
- Linda - multiple design explorations with limited constraints
- Susan - solicit team response/consensus on alternatives
- Choose a direction by end of November
- Interaction design explorations
- Susan/Eric - work within e4 team to develop default workbench assumptions wrt perspectives, activity-based layouts, role of the editor area
- Visual design explorations
- Dec/Jan/Feb
- Visual design
- Linda/Susan/Bogdan - Iterate (push/pull) on default design
- Susan - project team consensus, communicate to community
- Susan/Bogdan - investigate programmatic reduction of clutter (fades, decorator removal, etc.)
- Bogdan - implementation/evolution of CSS/SWT styling engine, CTabFolder, etc.
- Interaction design
- Eric/Susan (?) - implementation
- Visual design
- March
- EclipseCon goals
- Show the new design
- Show a "classic" stylesheet based on 3.x
- Show radical alternatives to demonstrate CSS flexibility
- EclipseCon goals
- April
- stabilize design
Interaction Design Ideas
- Activity based layouts vs. perspectives (default workbench model)
- Is there still a single editor area now that we can be more flexible?
- "Split editor" interactions
- Today creating a split is same feedback as stack manipulation but it's a different thing
- Toolbar icons for managing split/unsplit (might be useful in "compare" also)
Visual Design Items
Design element | Requirement | Implementation constraints | Priority | Status |
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Tabs | Ability to define custom shapes | Shape should be specified in CSS, shouldn't require Java code (ownerdraw). Consider use of sprites/images and prototype the performance. Look for other standards for specifying custom shapes. | High | 10/19/2009 - Bogdan investigating SVG as descriptive format for tab shapes. Linda to provide SVG file(s) of previous tab shape designs. |
Tabs | Custom highlight colors and gradients | An approach using images limits the ability to honor platform themes where the color does not need to be specified. | High | 10/19/2009 - SVG would solve this issue. |
Tabs | Separate background color for area behind tabs (blank space on right) | None - Can be drawn by ETabFolder | High | (Already in .9?) |
Tabs | Specify custom fonts/bolding for normal/selection | None - Can be drawn by ETabFolder | High | (Already in .9?) |
Tabs | Ability to remove keylines or specify their color independently | None - Can be drawn by ETabFolder | High | Needs definition - which borders do we need to control (remove top border without removing tab tops? position of bottom line?) |
Widget borders | reducing key lines within tab content, etc. | Need to determine which borders can be removed/controlled easily at platform level. | Medium | |
View and editor toolbars | Consistent location of view and editor toolbars. Consider a local editor toolbar. Consider a static position for view toolbar (always below?). Location of min max controls | Medium | ||
View and editor visuals | Visual separation of view stacks without using keylines (coloring?). | Medium | ||
Perspective Switcher | Look and feel of switcher in e4, location of switcher | Medium | 10/19/2009 Susan - Need to push on default workbench model for SDK and use of perspectives. | |
UI Forms | Is there any styling control to be offered beyond existing "blend with platform colors approach"? | Medium | 10/19/2009 Susan - Collect requirements | |
Workbench background | Specify an image as the background for the workbench | ? | Low | Need to understand implementation constraints |
Toolbar | Specify transparency or customizable background | Current assumption: limited by platform | Low | 10/19/2009 - Bogdan looking at Windows 7, any changes here |
Menubar | Specify transparency or customizable background | Current assumption: limited by platform | Low | 10/19/2009 - Bogdan looking at Windows 7, any changes here |
Decorations | Don't show decorators for 90% case | would need new graphics for "exception case" | ? | |
Fades | Fade non-active views | ? | ? | |