rhdunn/cainteoir-gtk — Issue #11: track the currently reading toc item and highlight in the content pane
Author: rhdunn
Created: 2011-11-04 15:46:57+00:00
State: open

At the moment, the cainteoir-gtk UI does not indicate which chapter/part/section is currently being read/recorded. It would be useful if this was highlighted.

The current thinking is to add this as a green triangle ('>') on the left hand edge (gutter) of the content list entries and be independent to the current selection.

It could also be useful to indicate the section(s) that are in the reading/recording range so that if the user changes the selection they can still see which sections will be read/recorded. This could be done using a hollow triangle, while the active section could be a filled triangle.

In addition to this, it may be useful to use a different glyph for the recording state -- possibly a red circle.

A possibility here is to use the stock play and record icons from the system theme, but what should be used for the active range?

This will require cainteoir-engine to signal when the section (anchor) has changed when it is reading/recording some text.