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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: KFileDialog (was Re: KTabListBox)
From:       Stephan Kulow <coolo () caldera ! de>
Date:       1999-08-30 11:03:46
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Reginald Stadlbauer wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Stephan Kulow wrote:
> Coolo, if you are cleaning the KFileDialog, please get rid of your multicolumn
> listbox widget (this view which is used if you don't have the tablistbox, but a
> list with mutiple columns).
> 
> The QListBox in 2.0 supports the same features (multiple columns and much more
> :-) and is much faster and doesn't flicker (which is the case with the widget in
> the filedialog). And you will never be able to make this widget really smooth,
> as it is derived from a QTableView which is one of the worst classes in Qt and
> should really not be used (QScrollView is much better!).
> Also I think keyboard focus handling is not done correctly in the widget in the
> filedilog (it's wrong in the KTabListBox too, btw), in the QListBox it works of
> course.
> 
> So, either use just a QListBox there, or derive from QListBox, if you need to
> implement some stuff which is not in QListBox. But please don't use the
> QTableView derived class anymore :-))
> 
> Also, you did quite some hacks using the QListBox on the left side of the
> filedialog, which don't work with 2.0. So, e.g. when pressing the mouse button
> and move the mouse keeping it pressed, you can't select items in the
> filedialog. This is the result of a hack in the filedialog.
> 
> I once looked at the code, and you really don't need this hacks, it's possible
> to do all that in a clean way too.
> 
> And I don't like the API and way of the preview mode in the kfiledialog, I like
> the one which I implemented in the QFileDialog for Qt 2.1 more, but that's
> mybe a matter of personal taste and it's enough for now and a discussion
> about that can be done later ;-))

Hmm, when I remember the last words said about this topic were
"Reggie wrote: If noone else wants to, I will do it." - I haven't
vetoed...

Greetings, Stephan

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