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List:       kde-commits
Subject:    Re: kdebase/kicker/taskbar
From:       "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () kde ! org>
Date:       2005-04-13 17:50:58
Message-ID: 200504131150.59187.aseigo () kde ! org
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On Wednesday 13 April 2005 11:04, Wilco Greven wrote:
> Op woensdag 13 april 2005 13:30, schreef Stefan Nikolaus:
> > On Wednesday, 13. April 2005 13:20, Wilco Greven wrote:
> > > CVS commit by wgreven:
> > >
> > > Don't start a drag for taskbar items with multiple tasks.
> >
> > What is the problem with dragging task groups? I don't see one.
>
> I didn't know that this was the intention. The problem is that
> a drag is started unintentionally when you press on a task item and
> move up/down to select a task from the menu. This behaviour is
> inconsistent with the rest of the menus KDE.

yes, i was aware of this. i just wasn't sure exactly what i wanted it to do at 
this point. i was playing with it last night and i don't think there is much 
value to dragging whole groups of tasks since the groupings are often 
transient anyways; but the offsetting concern is that this creates a new type 
of inconsistency: some taskbar buttons are draggable, and others aren't, it 
depends on whether they are groups of windows or not. this is why i didn't 
just go ahead and commit the obvious fix right away .. anyways, i'm fine with 
this commit for now.

there are also a few other issues with the new drag and drop, including better 
visual feedback (the icon is a bit lame, esp when dragging in the pager) and 
repositioning of window geomtery in the pager isn't supported yet.

and if you have questions regarding whether something in kicker is behaving as 
expected or have potential solutions and are wondeirng about it, my email is 
aseigo@kde.org .. kicker actually does have an active maintainer these days. 
heh. =)

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Aaron J. Seigo
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