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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: The handle arrows in kicker (was kicker applets usability)
From:       Cristian Tibirna <tibirna () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-12-13 0:12:16
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On Wednesday 12 December 2001 18:15, Waldo Bastian wrote:

> I think the arrows are misleading, they suggest that when you LBM click on
> the handle you will get a popup menu. After all that's what these arrows
> mean in other places. Compare e.g. the button left of the taskbar (and just
> right of the taskbar's handle)

My personal (and perhaps no relevant, by consequence) is that the handles 
waste space and are counterintuitive. I don't really understand why the API 
of the applets can't be made to predefine the RMB contextual menus (of an 
applet) so that "remove", "preferences" and "move" actions be available by 
default from there.

But, in relation to what Waldo writes, if you LMB click on the arrow itself, 
you actually get a menu.

CT
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