new Cura theme fixes

[ahoeben 1,948]

I had some critique on the graphic design of the new Cura interface (https://ultimaker.com/en/community/view/16409-thoughts-about-the-new-cura?page=18#reply-112518), and decided to do something about it. Here's a work in progress:

Current state of Cura on the left, my changes on the right.

On my WXGA screen, I can get a better overview of the print settings. I have also removed some angled corners (section headers, scrollbar). Finally I removed the Cura watermark, because I find it a bit obnoxious.

Overview of the changes: https://github.com/fieldOfView/Cura/pull/1/files

[nallath 1,120]

I'm going to discuss this with the Cura team. Thanks for putting in the effort.

[ahoeben 1,948]

Thanks for considering my changes. I didn't create a PR against the Ultimaker remote (yet) on purpose because I would like to see some discussion first.

[xeno 108]

That looks great, and a much better overview of the settings, a lot less scrolling.

it's something I really liked from the "old" Cura

And most screens have a lot of screen room on the side, maybe making it an option to have two rows of settings ?

Edited July 13, 2015 by Guest

[nallath 1,120]

Allright, had a meeting with the rest of the team. We are going to make readability changes for the next version. We're looking at several different options and we've included your suggestions to the options.

[ahoeben 1,948]

Neato!

[nallath 1,120]

And most screens have a lot of screen room on the side, maybe making it an option to have two rows of settings ?

 

This is one of the most promising options, but we won't make any promises about it until we've tested it.

[xeno 108]

This is one of the most promising options, but we won't make any promises about it until we've tested it.

 

[ahoeben 1,948]

One of the "interesting" things to figure out with a multicolumn layout is how it handles collapsing sections, and dynamically adding/removing options as they are enabled/disabled in the Machine Settings.

[nallath 1,120]

Yup, thats why we won't promise that it will be there.

[Titus 170]

This is why open source is great!

I like the changes on the readability! Was already chatting with UM in the IRC about some stuff there

[ultiarjan 1,223]

That looks great, and a much better overview of the settings, a lot less scrolling.

it's something I really liked from the "old" Cura

And most screens have a lot of screen room on the side, maybe making it an option to have two rows of settings ?

 

I could imagine the double rows to be on the left and right of the screen. F.e. on the left: machines / profiles / file browsing ... and on the right the detailed settings.. have a look at the photoshop lightroom gui for the idea...