[MonoDevelop] class wizard

[Christian Hergert]

Chris has a good point. I can't even count how many times the wizards
in anjuta have bit me like this.

Perhaps showing Tabs for the sections and the navigation buttons move
you through the tabs?

-- Christian

On Feb 5, 2008 2:39 PM, Chris Howie <cdhowie at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 5, 2008 5:30 PM, Michael Hutchinson <m.j.hutchinson at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Feb 5, 2008 3:32 PM, Chris Howie <cdhowie at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Ack, please no multi-page-wizard-thingy.  They are horrid and a big
> > > waste of time for everyone involved.
> >
> > I think that here they can be justified.
> > 1. there are too many features to fit on one page
> > 2. The individual pages could be re-used as separate tools
> > 3. Reasonable use of defaults (enter in last box on a page goes to
> > next page, for example) and shortcuts (onmipresent _Finish button
> > shorcusts the wizard) should make it efficient to use
> > 4. it's a "wizard" :)
>
> Then at least provide an alternative for people like me who maybe want
> to edit something without clicking back three times, editing, clicking
> forward three times...
>
> Wizards can be useful but in this case they hide widgets without any
> good reason.  And re-using things is easy as it is, just design a
> reusable model.
>
> --
> Chris Howie
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