Would it be useful or annoying if editors did this? Quick demo: https://aresluna.org/animated-alignment/ …pic.twitter.com/P0y4RNwbiO
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Replying to @mwichary
Related: Have you thought of ideas for how to indicate when a change to a property _doesn’t_ cause immediate visual effects? For instance, changing letter spacing when you only have one line, or horizontal alignment when the line(s) happens to be perfectly snug in the text box.
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Replying to @rsms
I have some thoughts. This is related in my head to explaining why disabled UI elements are disabled. (Which GUIs don’t do a good job at.)
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Replying to @mwichary
Interesting. How are you thinking that the (un)availability of an action (eg disabled checkbox) relates to an action which effect is not immediately apparent? I think that in the latter case it’s important to receive some feedback re what the effect is.
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For instance, if you change horizontal alignment from left to right, but the bounds of the line(s) perfectly line up with the text area’s bounds, you won’t realize the effect of that action until some point in the future when you break or edit a line.
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Replying to @rsms
You could also e.g. add a shadow text to a second line for a second after making the choice.
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The funny thing is that if you have a consistent animation then the *lack* of the animation would be a feedback, too. But that’s really tricky since animations can be so volatile.
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