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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Proposal for menu & toolbar editing
From:       David Faure <david () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date:       2001-04-18 0:38:08
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On Wednesday 18 April 2001 01:16, Paul Pacheco wrote:
> On Tuesday 17 April 2001 18:28, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> > On Tuesday 17 April 2001 16:18, Paul Pacheco wrote:
> > > All right, all right.
> > >
> > > I am going to give it a shot. Please be aware I am no kde developer (yet)
> > > but I am a good c++ programmer and I know something about qt and kde.
> >
> > Great, if you encounter any problems don't hesitate to ask on the list.
> >
> > > I am going to start with doing drag & drop between toolbars, because I
> > > think that is the simplest stuff (correct me if I am wrong).
> > > This is what I have in mind:
> > >
> > > Use a kicker like threshold as Waldo said.
> > > If a button is dragged with the left button,  the action would be to move
> > > the button.
> > > if a button is dragged with the right button, It will show a menu with
> > > the options:
> > >         -Move
> > >         -Copy
> > >         -Cancel
> > > and do what the user selects.
> > > What do you think?
> >
> > The cancel isn't needed. (You could click next to the menu or press escape)
> >
> > Apart from that, the style guide covers drag & drop behaviour. The default
> > is to show a menu (with Move/Copy in this case). If you press ctrl during
> > the drag it copies without showing a menu. If you press shift it moves
> > without showing a menu.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Waldo
> 
> Ok, sounds good. 
> 
> One thing that I see, is that kicker does not behave that way. Shouldn't 
> kicker be fixed to follow the style guide?

I fail to see the point in _copying_ a kicker button or a toolbar button.

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