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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: RFC: [PATCH] Buttons for applet handles
From:       m_elter () t-online ! de (Matthias Elter)
Date:       2001-07-07 8:44:59
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On Friday 06 July 2001 17:25, John Firebaugh wrote:
> After reading the n-th bug report submitted by a user who could not figure
> out how to remove applets from the panel, I did something about it. The
> attached patch adds two small buttons on the outer edge of the applet
> handle: an X button that removes the applet and a triangle button that
> shows the applet menu. In tiny mode, these take up nearly the entire
> handle, so I would probably vote for showing just the menu button. Any
> thoughts? Should this go in?

I was thinking about this some time ago, too. But IMHO it is to easy to hit 
"Remove" by accident. Perhaps we can fix the handle drawing code to make it 
more clear that a menu is available via RMB. A small arrow or something.

Greetings,
Matthias

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