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List:       kde-i18n
Subject:    Re: PartChild(Mode)
From:       Simon Hausmann <tronical () gmx ! net>
Date:       1999-02-18 21:14:08
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On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, Michael Reiher wrote:
>Simon Hausmann wrote:
>> 
>> On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, Michael Reiher wrote:
>> >Simon Hausmann wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi
>> >> What I now would like to see in OpenParts would a kind of part child mode for
>> >> parts:
>> >> When a part child gets active, the mainwindow it's registered to does _not_ get
>> >> notificed about this (and therefore there will be usually no *bar rebuilds) but
>> >> instead the part parent gets notified.
>> >> I think this would be a solution and the rest of the problem in regard to a
>> >> common Konqueror gui for all embedded views is not related to openparts itself.
>> >>
>> >> My question to you is now quite simple:
>> >> Are there any objections against such a part child/part parent thing ?
>> >
>> >Maybe I missed something, but *why* do you want do that? I mean it would
>> >reduce menu flickering if you switch between file browser views. But
>> >take the mail view example I described in a previous mail, switching
>> >often from mail view to tree or HTML view would still flicker like hell.
>> >So wouldn´t you think that the way to go is to make OpenParts capable of
>> >menu merging or persistent menus or whatever is the right name for it?
>> 
>> Well, the mail view example would _NOT_ flicker because the mail view has to
>> inherit from KonqView in order to be a fully qualified Konqueror View. And
>> since every KonqView would be a part child of KonqMainView (if it's embedded in
>> there) and every KonqView has an assigned "shared" KonqGui there I can't see any
>> problem :-)
>Ahh thanks, things are becoming clearer:)
>So all embedded parts that have special konqueror support because they
>inherit KonqView won´t cause menu flickering but all others will?

Right.
See my reply to Sven's mail for more information

>Something else, will the view specific menu items be limited to to View
>menu?

That's up to all of us to decide -> we all design KonqGui
IMHO we might consider support for toolbar entries.
But I think this problem will become concrete when it comes to real
KonqView-implementations :-)

>Michael
>

Bye,
 Simon

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