[Chandler-dev] d-click to pop up independent detail view

[Grant Baillie]

On 25 Apr, 2008, at 17:10, Mimi Yin wrote:

> What I'm worried about is that the most discoverable way to open a  
> new window and the most discoverable way to edit an item in-place  
> are the same: d-click on the item.
>
> My guess is that opening a new window is less common than editing an  
> item in-place. But if we make it a keyboard command, most users  
> won't discover it.
>
> So I'm proposing that we add an icon to the mark-up instead + come  
> up with an alternate keyboard command to open items in new windows.  
> (eg triple click, ctrl-cmd-I, ctrl-cmd click, etc)

Hi, Mimi

I'm OK with doing _something_ :). Can you file a bug? Also, for the  
markup change, a new button icon (and position) would be good.

Of the proposed options:

1. triple-click is, I believe hard to code in wx
2. ctrl/cmd-I is straightforward.
3. ctrl/cmd-click interferes with "extend the selection" in tables,  
and is hard to discover IMHO.

I'd go with #2, therefore.

--Grant

PS: I believe that on Windows/Linux, the button/menu should be called  
"Properties", but "Get Info" is the common Mac idiom.