Fast reactions to 2.7.8

[Geert Janssens]

Op dinsdag 27 maart 2018 21:53:57 CEST schreef AC:
> On 2018-03-27 11:15, Geert Janssens wrote:
> > Op dinsdag 27 maart 2018 18:44:38 CEST schreef Stan Brown:
> >> (1) Not a fan of the toolbar showing icons without words. I _hate_ an
> >> interface where you have to hover over every single icon until you can
> >> find
> >> the one you want.
> > 
> > Not a fan of _hate_ (stress markers included) statements...
> > 
> >> Many programs offer "words only", "icons only", and "icons and words" as
> >> choices. I couldn't find anything like that. Please add it.
> > 
> > It used to be there in the 2.4 series. I have removed it for 2.6 and up
> > because I don't think this should be an application level setting. It
> > should be a system level preference and in addition is strongly
> > influenced by the human interface guidelines on that platform.
> 
> This isn't always an OS level item.  It really depends on the complexity
> of the software.  For example, the mainstream browsers are capable of
> switching modes for the buttons/text for themselves.  LibreOffice is
> similar, you can customize the toolbars with icon, text or both.
> 
> For some OSes, the window manager does not have this kind of control at
> all (e.g.  Windows) so it makes no sense to query the OS for a
> preference that doesn't exist.

Some further investigation shows gtk has dropped support for tweaking this on 
the user level :(
So this will need some design from the gnucash developers to come up with an 
acceptable solution. Until someone picks this up the buttons are as you see 
them now unfortunately.

Geert