How about this Bob,
How About a magnifying feature to work with the small point size.
When one clicks on a slider adjustment or places the pointer on the small
numerical box above it, the numerical box grows larger (even overlapping
other adjacent boxes somewhat if necessary) such that the number become
very visible and easy to change. When one clicks on another slider,
numerical box, anywhere in a neutral window pane area or finishes typing
in the number and hit return, the box that has grown will now shrink back
to normal size showing the old or new value as required.
Another Idea is to have a dedicated numerical box that has a very
readable font size on the window pane some place above the speed table.
When one clicks on any slider, the box is updated to reflect the value
that correlates with that slider. When no slider is selected, the box
goes blank. Data entry is also done with this box. As before when a
slider is selected, the value in the box can be changed by clicking on
the box, making you entry and hitting return. After hitting return, the
box goes back to being just a display box. Of course sliding the slider
will dynamically update both the small font box and the big box. The
purpose of clicking on the box to perform data entry is to prevent
accidental data changes. The changes must be deliberate. Of course your
table graphical editing automation tools will work without clicking the
box.
Sorry to be so long getting back to this topic.
I've made a couple of attempts at getting the digits to line up
vertically, and there doesn't seem to be a clear-cut way to do it.
Perhaps somebody else knows how and is willing to contribute that
code.
Instead, I've added boxes above the sliders and adjusted the font in
them so that they fit. On some platforms, this results in quite
small type (e.g. on Linux, you get 5 point characters); still
readable, but small. You can type the numbers in there directly and
the slider will adjust, or you can move the slider until the number
is right.
I'll put out a test version over the weekend.
Bob
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Mark Gurries
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