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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: KFileDialog (was Re: KTabListBox)
From:       Reginald Stadlbauer <reggie () troll ! no>
Date:       1999-08-30 11:26:22
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On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Stephan Kulow wrote:
>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...

I know, but I'm a bit short of time currently :-(( So I hope there will be
someone else who can do it....

--
Reggie

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