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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: QTabWidget change request
From:       "Mike Dean" <miketdean () gmail ! com>
Date:       2007-02-18 3:39:58
Message-ID: 90794f9d0702171939j7b4c4d3cu44d02c37fa31b604 () mail ! gmail ! com
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Ah, okay, thanks!  That should be easy then ;)


On 2/17/07, Robert Knight <robertknight@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On a related note, I've thought for a couple of years now that all tab
> widgets in all
> > kde applications should be consistent wrt the user being able to switch
> tabs with the
> > mouse wheel.  Konqueror and Konsole both have this behavior, but many
> other
> > applications do not.
>
> I think that behaviour comes automatically if the application uses the
> KDE-ified version of the tab widget ( KTabWidget ) instead of the
> standard Qt tab widget.  The KDE widget is a drop-in replacement for
> the Qt one, so the change should be easy to make.
>
> What does need to be done is to enumerate those "many other
> applications" and post bug reports for each of them.
>
> Regards,
> Robert.
>
> On 18/02/07, Mike Dean <miketdean@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On a related note, I've thought for a couple of years now that all tab
> > widgets in all kde applications should be consistent wrt the user being
> able
> > to switch tabs with the mouse wheel.  Konqueror and Konsole both have
> this
> > behavior, but many other applications do not.  Could we not implement
> this
> > as standard behavior while we're making this stylistic change as well?
> >
> >
> >
> > On 2/15/07, Aaron J. Seigo <aseigo@kde.org> wrote:
> > > On February 15, 2007, Robert Knight wrote:
> > > >  I am posting this here to hopefully reach the people who can make
> > >
> > > i'd already spoken many months ago to the appropriate people inside TT
> > about
> > > this, seems to have gotten dropped on the floor by accident; an email
> has
> > > been sent, we'll keep you posted =)
> > >
> > > --
> > > Aaron J. Seigo
> > > humru othro a kohnu se
> > > GPG Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 B1EA  EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 DB43
> > >
> > > Full time KDE developer sponsored by Trolltech (
> http://www.trolltech.com)
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>

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Ah, okay, thanks!&nbsp; That should be easy then ;)<br><br><br><div><span \
class="gmail_quote">On 2/17/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Robert \
Knight</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:robertknight@gmail.com">robertknight@gmail.com</a>&gt; \
wrote: </span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid \
rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">&gt; On \
a related note, I&#39;ve thought for a couple of years now that all tab \
widgets in all <br>&gt; kde applications should be consistent wrt the user \
being able to switch tabs with the<br>&gt; mouse \
wheel.&nbsp;&nbsp;Konqueror and Konsole both have this behavior, but many \
other<br>&gt; applications do not.<br><br>I think that behaviour comes \
automatically if the application uses the <br>KDE-ified version of the tab \
widget ( KTabWidget ) instead of the<br>standard Qt tab \
widget.&nbsp;&nbsp;The KDE widget is a drop-in replacement for<br>the Qt \
one, so the change should be easy to make.<br><br>What does need to be done \
is to enumerate those &quot;many other <br>applications&quot; and post bug \
reports for each of them.<br><br>Regards,<br>Robert.<br><br>On 18/02/07, \
Mike Dean &lt;<a href="mailto:miketdean@gmail.com">miketdean@gmail.com</a>&gt; \
wrote:<br>&gt; On a related note, I&#39;ve thought for a couple of years \
now that all tab <br>&gt; widgets in all kde applications should be \
consistent wrt the user being able<br>&gt; to switch tabs with the mouse \
wheel.&nbsp;&nbsp;Konqueror and Konsole both have this<br>&gt; behavior, \
but many other applications do not.&nbsp;&nbsp;Could we not implement this \
<br>&gt; as standard behavior while we&#39;re making this stylistic change \
as well?<br>&gt;<br>&gt;<br>&gt;<br>&gt; On 2/15/07, Aaron J. Seigo &lt;<a \
href="mailto:aseigo@kde.org">aseigo@kde.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br>&gt; &gt; On \
February 15, 2007, Robert Knight wrote: <br>&gt; &gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;I am \
posting this here to hopefully reach the people who can make<br>&gt; \
&gt;<br>&gt; &gt; i&#39;d already spoken many months ago to the appropriate \
people inside TT<br>&gt; about<br>&gt; &gt; this, seems to have gotten \
dropped on the floor by accident; an email has <br>&gt; &gt; been sent, \
we&#39;ll keep you posted =)<br>&gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt; --<br>&gt; &gt; \
Aaron J. Seigo<br>&gt; &gt; humru othro a kohnu se<br>&gt; &gt; GPG \
Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 B1EA&nbsp;&nbsp;EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 DB43 \
<br>&gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt; Full time KDE developer sponsored by Trolltech ( \
<a href="http://www.trolltech.com">http://www.trolltech.com</a>)<br>&gt; \
&gt;<br>&gt; &gt;<br>&gt;<br>&gt;<br></blockquote></div><br>



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