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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: kcontrol and KTreeList
From:       "Ming Poon" <mingp () corel ! ca>
Date:       1999-06-26 2:12:41
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As I do not see any major objections here. we will be changing things to use
QListView instead. Once it is done, we will be sending the changes to
cooll@kde.org as usual. Thanks.

Cristian Tibirna wrote:

> On Wed, 23 Jun 1999, Carlo Robazza wrote:
>
> > Hello again,
> >
> > I am doing some work on kcontrol and have a few questions about
> > KTreeList. A little background may help. I have modified kcontrol so
> > that if the user closes a module and there are still others in memory,
> > then another is brought to the forefront; sort of a stacking effect.
> >
> > The problem is that the highlighted element in the tree list does not
> > change. I want to be able to, through software, highlight a specific
> > element in the tree list. One of the problems, as I see it, is that this
> > element may not be visible (i.e. tree closed down). The only way that I
> > can see to do it right now is to use the function "void forEveryItem
> > (KForEvery func, void *user)" to itereate through the list. Then when
> > the one I want is found I would have to make sure that I make it
> > visible, if it isn't already, then use the function "void setCurrentItem
> > (int index)" to highlight it.
> >
> > I am not even certain that this is possible so I thought I would check
> > with the list to see if there is an easier way that I am missing.
> >
> >
>
> Hi Carlo
>
> I'm *very* glad to see you (guys) around.
>
> Apart what Reggie already said, you might want to be aware of the fact
> that Matthias Ettrich was planning a rewrite (to some extent) of KControl
> exactly in order to allow some better (more intuitive work with modules).
>
> I'm also interested in KControl (modules) and there are more.
> Nevertheless, these plans are more targeted to KDE-2.0 so, please,
> consider this when attempting to do large changes to KControl from
> KDE-1.X. I personally think fixing it a little (if needed, e.g. as you
> pointed out) is OK, but major work is not very very useful.
>
> Cristian

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