Horizontal Toolbar for views UI specification

Author: Josef Pavlicek

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$Date: 2007/03/06 13:05:41 $

Goal

To define the horizontal toolbar UI design and behavior is the goal of this spec. In the NetBeans we are not using the tabs in the Editor tab. That is the rule. Unfortunately, sometimes we need to use more views in the one Editor tab. This case we don't have supported now. We have to find a new solution which we will can use instead of the using tabs in the Editor tab. That is a goal of this UI specification.

Horizontal Toolbar for views Use Cases

More views in the Editor tab Use Case

The NetBeans developer need to place a few views into the Editor file - screen. This file is shown like one tab in the Editor. The developer wants to add for example 10 views into this page. The NetBeans UI roles don't allows him/her it. The developer supposes to have possibility to use some defined UI solution defined in some UI specification

More views in the Editor tab Scenario

The developer visits the NetBeans UI web page and he/she found the Horizontal Toolbar for views UI specification. The developer read it and he/she know to solve the problem.

Horizontal Toolbar for views UI specification

Figure 1: UI design of the Horizontal Toolbar for views

Figure 1:2 UI design of the Horizontal Toolbar for views with Gradient color

Figure 1:3 UI design of the Horizontal Toolbar for views 3th version

Using example

Figure 2.1: Using example in the Sample case with the Figure 1.2 design

Figure 2.2: Using example in the Sample case with the Figure 1.3 design

Contact:

Ing. Josef Pavlicek, Ph.D.
Human Interface Designer
Software eXperience Design
Sun Microsystems Czech s.r.o

Phone:+420 233 009 442
GSM: +420 737 38 54 75
E-mail: Josef.Pavlicek@Sun.Com