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== Current status == | == Current status == | ||
* Targeted release: 0. | * Targeted release: 0.96 | ||
* Last updated: | * Last updated: 01.12.2012 | ||
* Percentage of completion: | * Percentage of completion: 100% | ||
:[http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-devel/2012-January/035218.html patch to widgets.py] | |||
:[http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-devel/2012-January/035217.html new icon] | |||
* [http://www.mail-archive.com/sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg24814.html review thread] | |||
== Detailed Description == | == Detailed Description == | ||
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Simon's alternative to the Alert mechanism is shown below: | Simon's alternative to the Alert mechanism is shown below: | ||
[[File:Description.png]] | [[File:Description.png|300px]] | ||
We had a productive [[Talk:Features/Write_to_journal_anytime#Log_from_Design_Team_Meeting_08_January_2012|discussion]] that has led to a mashup of the various mock-ups above. New sketches will be available shortly. | |||
First pass re the above discussion (modification of activity/widget.py): | |||
[[File:Write_to_Journal_Palette.png|300px]] | |||
Here is the the text-view version, which shows the entirety of the description field. | |||
[[File:Write_to_Journal_Text_View.png|300px]] | |||
===Considerations for 0.98 and beyond=== | |||
Why not add a Write to Journal for taking notes (from the Sugar Frame) as a general utility above and beyond the activity-specific notes??? | |||
I imagine a future Sugar having the ability to map the location of the pointer with a software component (much like right clicking in Etoys, or the picker in [http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/LookingGlass GNOME 3 Looking Glass]) and then having a data model and code to link learner annotations to any active Activity or visible software element. (Container objects could reveal subobjects or respond to subsequent requests.) A 'show annotations' gesture or control would reveal the appropriate content visibly and logically tied to the current view. --[[User:FGrose|FGrose]] 17:18, 24 January 2012 (EST) | |||
== Benefit to Sugar == | == Benefit to Sugar == | ||
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I decided to implement this by adding write to Journal as a menu option to the activity's Frame instance in the shell. This will mean that we need no modifications to the toolbar, but it also means we need to find a way to notify the shell of the activities's object_id, since currently the shell only tracks activity_ids. | I decided to implement this by adding write to Journal as a menu option to the activity's Frame instance in the shell. This will mean that we need no modifications to the toolbar, but it also means we need to find a way to notify the shell of the activities's object_id, since currently the shell only tracks activity_ids. | ||
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== How To Test == | == How To Test == | ||
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== Release Notes == | == Release Notes == | ||
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The Write-to-Journal-Anytime feature facilitates the process of writing notes and making reflections upon the work being conducted in an activity, while the activity is open. A new icon on the Activity Toolbar brings up a palette used to edit the activity Description Field. These notes are stored to the activity metadata, subsequently available for editing and viewing in the Journal and the Portfolio activity. | |||
== Comments and Discussion == | == Comments and Discussion == | ||
* See [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|discussion tab for this feature]] | * See [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|discussion tab for this feature]] | ||