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List:       kde-commits
Subject:    Re: kdebase/kcontrol/display
From:       Geert Jansen <g.t.jansen () stud ! tue ! nl>
Date:       2000-06-12 17:44:18
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Torsten Rahn wrote:

> > If people want to get rid of the "Advanced" control, please tell me where 
> > I should put the cache size options. They are needed, IMHO.
> 
> I think I have a nice idea for that one:
> 
> The current Background-module  looks much too complicated for a newbie to be 
> used anyways.  How about putting the "Background"- and "Wallpaper"-group in 
> this module into a QTabWidget at the same place where "Background" resides 
> currently.

I agree that the current module is way too compicated, especially since the
addition of "Blending".

Do you mean a QTabWidget in the middle of the control module? Wouldn't
this be ugly? This would also bring the "blending" and "cache size" in front
all the time, which I think are less important than the "Background" tab,
which is not always visible?

What about a tab selector on top of the panel, with the 2 upper squares 
(name selector and preview) always visible? The tab then selects the bottom
control area. These bottom controls could be partititioned in several ways:

1) Wallpaper, background, blending and advanced seperately each. The
disadvantage is that wallpaper and background fit so nicely in a square,
which would now become a 2x1 rectangle.

2) Wallpaper and background on one tab, versus blending and advanced on the
other. 

3) ??

I thnk I'd prefer 2. What do you think?

Greetings,
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    Geert Jansen                       email: <g.t.jansen at stud.tue.nl>
    Phylosopher, Physicist,                    email: <jansen at kde.org>           
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