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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: kpanelapplet API problem
From:       Matthias Ettrich <ettrich () trolltech ! com>
Date:       2000-10-12 7:51:08
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 Thursday 12 October 2000 11:37 wrote Matthias Elter:
> On Thursday 12 October 2000 11:35, Matthias Ettrich wrote:
> > The KPanelApplet API lacks a change handler
> >          virtual void popupDirectionChange( Direction );
> >
> > It used to be there, but now it's gone. Instead, we are using an ugly
> > hack with a resizeEvent(0).
> >
> > Adding this handler breaks binary compatibility, but makes writing
> > applets significantly less hacky.
>
> It's "hacky" but works perfect and is transparent for the applet authors.
> All they have to worry about is the resizeEvent. But I don't have a


I agree. For many applets just taking care of resize is the right thing to 
do. That's why we always should fake a (proper) QResizeEvent on orientation 
changes. 

For applets that want to use layout management, it's not sufficient, though.

Matthias

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