From kde-kimageshop Fri Aug 31 08:33:33 2012 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Timoth=E9e_Giet?= Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 08:33:33 +0000 To: kde-kimageshop Subject: Re: Re: UI idea: Turn the status bar into a docker (or several dockers) Message-Id: X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-kimageshop&m=134640202611749 MIME-Version: 1 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="--===============2681057594970943346==" --===============2681057594970943346== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=14dae93411afb989f904c88ba512 --14dae93411afb989f904c88ba512 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Do you guys happen to know how often users rearrange their dockers? Yes, since we have workspace selection, I use to rearrange dockers and save different worspaces at initial configuration (one for painting and one for shape editing), then when it's done I only switch workspace (well except when there is a new docker to test, or something unusual like that). 2012/8/31 Arjen Hiemstra > On Friday 31 August 2012 09:32:04 Boudewijn Rempt wrote: > > On Thursday 30 August 2012 Aug, Thomas Pfeiffer wrote: > > > > > I'm starting to think that a general "layout configuration mode" switch > like in > > > Amarok may be useful for Calligra in general (however it should be less > hidden > > > then in Amarok, I guess). I don't think users want to move dockers so > often that > > > clicking a button to switch between the modes before and afterward > would > be too > > > much of a burden. In the layout configuration mode, any docker could be > dragged > > > from any point (not just the title bars). In the normal mode, no docker > could be > > > dragged anymore. > > > Do you guys happen to know how often users rearrange their dockers? If > they > > > don't do it all the time, a mode switch would probably be useful, > since it > > > increases consistency and prevents accidental moving. > > > > > > > (There's one occasion where I change the layout of the dockers about a > bit, > and that's the tool option docker which sometimes needs to be higher and > sometimes can be less high.) > > > > Presumably that only changes size, which would still be possible since it > is > impossible to lock sizes because QDockLayout or whatever the class was > called > is a private class and in addition does not provide that option. > > In regards to hiding titlebars: One thing to consider is that several docks > use the titlebar also as the title for the dock, which means that hiding > the > titlebar would mean you lose information in the GUI. So hiding titlebars > should probably be done per-docker. > > _______________________________________________ > kimageshop mailing list > kimageshop@kde.org > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kimageshop > --14dae93411afb989f904c88ba512 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
> > Do you guys happen to know how often users rearrange their do= ckers?

Yes, since we have workspace selection, I use to rearrange do= ckers and save different worspaces at initial configuration (one for painti= ng and one for shape editing),
then when it's done I only switch workspace (well except when there is = a new docker to test, or something unusual like that).


2012/8/31 Arjen Hiemstra <djfreestyler@gmail.com>
On Friday 31 August 2012 0= 9:32:04 Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
> On Thursday 30 August 2012 Aug, Thomas Pfeiffer wrote:
>
> > I'm starting to think that a general "layout configurati= on mode" switch
like in
> > Amarok may be useful for Calligra in general (however it should b= e less
hidden
> > then in Amarok, I guess). I don't think users want to move do= ckers so
often that
> > clicking a button to switch between the modes before and afterwar= d would
be too
> > much of a burden. In the layout configuration mode, any docker co= uld be
dragged
> > from any point (not just the title bars). In the normal mode, no = docker
could be
> > dragged anymore.
> > Do you guys happen to know how often users rearrange their docker= s? If
they
> > don't do it all the time, a mode switch would probably be use= ful, since it
> > increases consistency and prevents accidental moving.
>

>
> (There's one occasion where I change the l= ayout of the dockers about a bit,
and that's the tool option docker which sometimes needs to be higher an= d
sometimes can be less high.)
>

Presumably that only changes size, which would still be possible sinc= e it is
impossible to lock sizes because QDockLayout or whatever the class was call= ed
is a private class and in addition does not provide that option.

In regards to hiding titlebars: One thing to consider is that several docks=
use the titlebar also as the title for the dock, which means that hiding th= e
titlebar would mean you lose information in the GUI. So hiding titlebars should probably be done per-docker.

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