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Bug 329068

Summary:	Support "label on the left" mode for checkboxes
Product:	z_Archived	Reporter:	Konstantin Komissarchik <konstantin>
Component:	Sapphire	Assignee:	Konstantin Komissarchik <konstantin>
Status:	CLOSED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3	CC:	bfitzpat, raj.alagumalai
Version:	unspecified	Keywords:	plan
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Whiteboard:

Description Konstantin Komissarchik

2010-10-29 13:23:55 EDT

There are many cases where checkboxes with their standard "label on the
right" rendering end up looking awkward in the UI. This bug tracks adding the
option to place the label on the left side and to align the checkbox itself
on the second column. This is expected to work particularly well where
checkboxes are preceded by a bunch of TextField-based property editors.

One important aspect of this is to define the default behavior. We have two
modes right now: (1) aligned on the first column and (2) aligned on the
second column. Current default is #1. Since we will be adding a third
alternative, a good heuristic that reduces the number of times the developer
has to manually pick among these options is essential.

Troy, could you spend some time thinking about the default presentation
heuristic?

Comment 1 Brian Fitzpatrick

2011-04-06 18:51:47 EDT

I'm in favor of this enhancement. It would help align labels more consistently in some UIs.

Comment 2 Konstantin Komissarchik

2011-04-07 02:51:22 EDT

I am splitting this enhancement in two. For the first phase, I plan to implement control over different checkbox layouts. We can consider automated selection of the appropriate layout at a late date.

Comment 3 Konstantin Komissarchik

2011-04-07 02:55:09 EDT

Enhancement implemented. 

Added "checkbox.layout" hint, with three possible values: "trailing.label" (default), "trailing.label.indented" and "leading label".

Added a section on this to the "Enhancements in 0.3" document in the Sapphire Developer Guide.

Added a section in the gallery sample that shows and explains different layouts (under Values -> Booleans).

Comment 4 Raj Alagumalai

2011-06-01 12:59:09 EDT

verified on 0.3.0.201105261624

Comment 5 Konstantin Komissarchik

2011-06-03 13:14:48 EDT

Closing.