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Steffen Märcker

UI Skinning: Tabs on OSX

Hi,

the tabs of the skinned UI on OSX look similar to the button-like tabs in
OSX's preference panels. In many OSX applications (Finder, Safari,
Terminal, etc.) tabs have a very different look. I'd expect an application
to be in line with the latter variant. Will VW's skinned UI support these
more browser-like tabs and/or switching between both looks?

Regards,
Steffen
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Maarten Mostert-2

Re: UI Skinning: Tabs on OSX

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Le 29 nov. 2013 à 15:23, Steffen Märcker <[hidden email]> a écrit :

> Hi,
>
> the tabs of the skinned UI on OSX look similar to the button-like tabs in OSX's preference panels. In many OSX applications (Finder, Safari, Terminal, etc.) tabs have a very different look. I'd expect an application to be in line with the latter variant. Will VW's skinned UI support these more browser-like tabs and/or switching between both looks?
>
> Regards,
> Steffen
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Karsten Kusche

Re: UI Skinning: Tabs on OSX

Both Safari and Finder don’t use standard tabs. Their implementation is private to both Finder and Safari. They may look the same but they’re both different implementations.

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Am Freitag, 29. November 2013 um 16:30 schrieb Maarten Mostert:

+ 1

Le 29 nov. 2013 à 15:23, Steffen Märcker <merkste@web.de> a écrit :

Hi,

the tabs of the skinned UI on OSX look similar to the button-like tabs in OSX's preference panels. In many OSX applications (Finder, Safari, Terminal, etc.) tabs have a very different look. I'd expect an application to be in line with the latter variant. Will VW's skinned UI support these more browser-like tabs and/or switching between both looks?

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Steffen
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Antony Blakey-5

Re: UI Skinning: Tabs on OSX

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On 30 Nov 2013, at 12:53 am, Steffen Märcker <[hidden email]> wrote:

> the tabs of the skinned UI on OSX look similar to the button-like tabs in OSX's preference panels. In many OSX applications (Finder, Safari, Terminal, etc.) tabs have a very different look. I'd expect an application to be in line with the latter variant. Will VW's skinned UI support these more browser-like tabs and/or switching between both looks?

No. I imagine they would be an alternative control, not an alternative look for existing tabs. They aren't drop-in replacements because they need an alternative visual context to look right. They also are custom implementations in the individual applications rather than UI Builder controls.

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