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altimeter setting ... and radio buttons
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The code would need to be significantly restructured to deal | The code would need to be significantly restructured to deal | ||
with this. | with this. | ||
==== Radio buttons having a get-together. ==== | |||
This concerns radio buttons, such as are used in the location-in-air | |||
popup and elsewhere. By definition, it should be impossible | |||
to have more than one radio button pushed down at a time. | |||
This can be done using a click-and-drag gesture. Aim at | |||
a radio button, hold the mouse-button down, and drag ... | |||
as if you wanted to drag the radio button to a new location. | |||
This allows you to set a radio button without the others | |||
being unset. If you persist, you can have every one of | |||
the buttons in the pushed-down state at the same time. | |||
Before you say, "well, don't do that then" or "garbage in, | |||
garbage out", let me point out that it is possible for | |||
a pilot to inadvertently make a tiny dragging gesture | |||
when intending only a click. Also, when the desired | |||
button is in the pushed-down state, it is easy to not | |||
notice that other buttons are in the undesired state. | |||
==== Altimeter setting unreadable. ==== | |||
The standard altimeter (used by the default c172p aircraft | |||
and many others) had been using an unhappy hodgepodge of | |||
layers. The analog Kollsman window was unusable, because | |||
it was unlabeled, and the digital altimeter setting was | |||
unusable, especially at altitudes near 2500 feet, partly | |||
because of an unsuitable font, partly from being behind | |||
the needle, and partly from being in front of other | |||
markings. | |||
A patch to fix this has been offered. | |||
== Missing Features and Traps for the Unwary == | == Missing Features and Traps for the Unwary == | ||