DX Drag & Drop menu size?
I need help with a decision.
Saturday, September 4, 2010 by Lcdude | Discussion: Skinning
Back after another long loss of motivation. Hopefully I'll get something finished this time...
I'm creating an all-in-one sidebar on DesktopX. Two sections - widgets, and drag & drop menus.
The amount of space I'll probably be working with for the DnD will be 200x475. I'm using sViz's scrolling DnD template.
I will probably create another version for higher resolutions when I get a new computer, so keep that in mind.
Anyway, I need help on how I should do the items on the DnD menu. There's two areas I need to make a decision in:
- On XP, icons are often in 32x32. I am going to do some code so you can change the icon of the dropped item, but should I keep the 48x48 icons (meaning default XP icons are pixelated)? Does Vista/Seven support 48x48 as standard?
- I'm going to have space for ~8 different menus. Should I order the items as three horizontal (meaning heaps of icons), or make it more clean with two horizontal (still allowing 8 icons to be visible, keeping in mind there is scrolling support)
Here's a mockup I did of the "three horizontal items" and "two horizontal items" at 48x48. What do you think?
Reply #2 Monday, September 6, 2010 2:39 AM
Alright, I think I'll probably stick with two columns to keep it clean. Thanks again for the help 
You wouldn't mind testing this theme if I complete it?
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Reply #1 Saturday, September 4, 2010 11:18 PM
Go with 32x32. And two columns looks good, but if you go to 32x32, three may work.