Style chooser

[Daniel]

On 2020-08-03 08:40, Daniel wrote:
> There is quite a difference in quality between different Qt user 
> interface styles. IMO macOS gets the short stick, Windows fares a bit 
> better, while Qt's own Fusion style is probably best.
> 
> I have created a style preference patch. It allows the user to choose a 
> different Qt style for the user interface via Preferences > User 
> Interface > . It's a quick and dirty patch. Nothing is saved to the 
> preferences file. For the UI to fully adopt probably a restart of LyX is 
> necessary (which the change currently does not survive). However, it 
> might be enough to give an impression of what it looks like on other 
> styles. Unfortunately, not all styles are available in every OS. For 
> example, macOS has "macintosh", "Windows" and "Fusion". Where the 
> "Windows" style is quite basic only indicating the look of Windows not 
> exactly matching current Windows 10. And "macintosh" is only available 
> on macOS, as far as I know. So, it's probably mainly a way for macOS and 
> Windows users to try Fusion.
> 
> It could be worth shipping this as a "real" preference in LyX. But I am 
> not sure what the costs are apart from yet another preference. Though, I 
> still think, even if such a preference is added, LyX should take care 
> that the native styles look good on macOS and Windows (Linux being more 
> flexible and better supported in regards to styles).
> 
> Daniel
> 

My email in another threat with a Fusion vs macintosh style impression 
did not come through (yet). Probably due to attachment size limitation. 
Here is a compressed version.

In the attached screen capture one can get an impression how macOS fares 
in comparison. The checkboxes are not all left aligned (due to some 
being part of groupbox titles) and the spacing between checkboxes is too 
small.

Daniel
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