From kde-core-devel Sat Nov 24 19:02:39 2007 From: "Jos Poortvliet" Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 19:02:39 +0000 To: kde-core-devel Subject: Re: [patch] Grab windows anywhere, not just titlebar Message-Id: <5c77e14b0711241102u3eb7f434vc1d3f369fc261b3c () mail ! gmail ! com> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=119593101731791 On Nov 23, 2007 10:14 AM, Hans Meine wrote: > On Donnerstag 22 November 2007, Riccardo Iaconelli wrote: > > As an usecase for them, the first example which comes to my mind might be a > > wizard, which has to do a kio job when switching from page n to page n+1. > > When the user clicks on "next", before switching page a sheet slides down, > > and instead of the so annoying popup, all is done in the same window... and > > you get on the other page when the job has finished. > > > > Really, look at them in action, and you'll understand much better the > > concept behind them. =) > > I get the feeling that it would be nice if you could mention some specific > OS X applications/windows where sheets are used in a way you like. > > Are sheets always within a window? Or never? I saw also "sheets"(?) that > slide out at the side of an image viewer, showing multiple thumbnails IIRC. > Are these also called sheets? When would you use which? You're most likely referring to that sidebar apple invented (or at least used a lot) some time ago, which slides out of the side of an application. The sheets they're talking about are as far as I can tell just a way of displaying modal dialogs - they slide out of the app, just below the toolbar, and they stay connected to it. A nice visual representation - they're closely connected. But, as Lubos already pointed out, you can't move them out of the way if you want to see something below them - a real drawback. Their advantage, on the other hand, is just that they stay with the window and are visually more connected to it - slightly easier to grasp, I guess. > -- > Ciao, / / .o. > /--/ ..o > / / ANS ooo >