From kde-core-devel Tue Jul 02 13:51:13 2002 From: Torsten Rahn Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2002 13:51:13 +0000 To: kde-core-devel Subject: Re: proposal for redesign of toolbar menu feature in kdeui X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=102561787305334 On Tuesday 02 July 2002 14:46, jowenn@kde.org wrote: > Simon just reimplemented my toolbarmenu action, > which should make the whole thing a littlebit > cleaner. Only if there is one toolbar it is Sure, it reduces the clutter a bit - still:=20 Now I have a menu entry which says "Toolbars >" .. So why isn't "Configure= =20 Toolbars" in the submenu then? Oh, because it matches quite well together=20 with the "Configure Shortcut" item. But on the other hand "Toolbars >" is=20 about configuring toolbars, too. So .. hm, doesn't look "clean" in terms of= =20 concept to me yet ...=20 > In konqueror, as in M$ IE I like the Toolbar items > in the main menu very much. In applications like It's not about liking or disliking. The most important complain that KDE ha= s=20 to face recently is that menus and kcontrol are quite cluttered.=20 And once again: most people who use applications like KWord and Konqueror=20 don't switch toolbars on and off all the time. For these it's just these=20 "handy" menu items which are in the way when searching for the important=20 stuff (which they need to do their actual work).=20 > the KOffice applications with their many toolbars > it's usefull too. (IMHO) If you feel that you need to switch toolbars on and off quite often in a=20 particular application then add a "Configure Toolbar"-button to the=20 application's toolbar on your HDD. Or simply just use the RMB-menu (That's= =20 something power-users are used to do anyways). Regards,=20 Tackat > Kind regards > Joseph > Wenninger =2D-=20 Dipl.-Phys. Torsten Rahn=20 KDE - Conquer Your Desktop! http://www.kde.org