joshontheweb/etch — pull request #14 by PierreLeresteux (2012-07-28 22:06:17+00:00)
Title: New compact menu system

Hi, I've made a compact system to hide some features.
I use etch with a lot of features enabled (I had somes like a font color and soon a font size), and the width of the menu became too long.
So I decided to find a trick to hide somes.

So I group some features in just one entry in the menu (example : justify-right, left and center in just one entry 'justifiy'). When you click on this entry, all the hidden features of this entry will be displayed (TODO : need to display on the other direction if no space available).

This system can improve your editor like some cowokers and clients calls [in french] "l'éditeur toutou" (means "the doggie editor" ... because it follows your mouse like a dog when you whistle it).
For example, you can have a great editor to change the heading of the selection "h1, h2, h3, normal", ou the size of the text, of the font uses for the selection ... All of that in a small menu.

What do you think about this idea ? I also include a very ugly icon set for the entry I've created. Doing this takes me more time than code this feature ... So you can see this skill on photoshop !! Don't hesitate to change the icon for better ;-)

I will also maybe use this system to type the URL of a link (and to edit it when it's set).