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List:       kde-commits
Subject:    Re: kdelibs/kfile
From:       David Faure <david () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date:       2001-05-31 19:03:53
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On Thursday 31 May 2001 20:34, Carsten Pfeiffer wrote:
> On Donnerstag, 31. Mai 2001 20:18 you wrote:
> 
> >  Works (thanks!), but there's a useless preview widget on the right....
> >  (there is a 'preview widget' only for some mimetypes, but not for the
> > initial one so it shouldn't be there).
> >  That gray widget goes away if I change directories or mimetypes.
> 
> I think I understand what you mean (KOffice still compiling). Actually, why 
> does the preview always hide when changing the mimetype? I find that rather 
> ugly. Yes, it takes away some space when it's not used, but it takes away 
> time when it shakes up your entire view everytime you highlight a file.

I really prefer that it "shakes up my view" to appear when it's needed.
In 90% of the cases it's not needed (e.g. when saving in native format),
so we really don't want a gray area to be there all the time.

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David FAURE, david@mandrakesoft.com, faure@kde.org
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