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Subject: Re: Review Request 124537: RFC: Add autocfg property magic for applet config dialogs
From: "Kai Uwe Broulik" <kde () privat ! broulik ! de>
Date: 2015-07-31 19:21:20
Message-ID: 20150731192120.31864.27844 () mimi ! kde ! org
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> On Juli 31, 2015, 12:55 nachm., Marco Martin wrote:
> > I like the idea, not sure about the autocfg_ prefix.
> > was it discussed in a bof? are there notes about it?
Yeah, maybe cfgitem or something like that?
Well, they mentioned they need good Kiosk support so I wanted to make the Plasma \
stuff follow that as magically as possible, UI-wise, that is.
- Kai Uwe
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On Juli 30, 2015, 8:38 nachm., Kai Uwe Broulik wrote:
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> (Updated Juli 30, 2015, 8:38 nachm.)
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>
> Review request for Plasma.
>
>
> Repository: plasma-desktop
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>
> Description
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>
> Now you can use autocfg properties to applet config dialogs which are smarter than \
> the cfg stuff we currently have. Instead of binding it directly to a property you \
> bind it to an item and it tries to figure out what to do based on the properties \
> the item has and the type of the config.
> This allows us to automatically reflect immutables (cf. LiMux) in the UI without \
> further ado by the plasmoid programmer. It can:
> Boolean config:
> - If it's bound to sth with a "checked" property (eg. checkbox), it sets checked to \
> the config
> Int config:
> - If it's bound to sth with a "currentIndex" property (eg. combobox), it sets \
> currentIndex to the config
> - If it's bound to sth with value, minimumValue and maximumValue property (eg. \
> slider or spinbox) it sets value to the config
> String config:
> - If it's bound to sth with a "text" property (eg. textfield) it sets text to the \
> config
> Maybe there's even more? We don't really have introspection so I just rely on \
> properties being there and the programmer not doing rubbish. We could also use the \
> label from the config xml and/or auto-populate min/maxvalue
>
> Diffs
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>
> desktoppackage/contents/configuration/AppletConfiguration.qml 0302c7a
>
> Diff: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/124537/diff/
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> Testing
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>
> Working pretty nicely
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kai Uwe Broulik
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<blockquote style="margin-left: 1em; border-left: 2px solid #d0d0d0; padding-left: \
10px;"> <p style="margin-top: 0;">On Juli 31st, 2015, 12:55 nachm. UTC, <b>Marco \
Martin</b> wrote:</p> <blockquote style="margin-left: 1em; border-left: 2px solid \
#d0d0d0; padding-left: 10px;"> <pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: \
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break-word;"><p style="padding: 0;text-rendering: inherit;margin: 0;line-height: \
inherit;white-space: inherit;">I like the idea, not sure about the autocfg_ prefix. \
was it discussed in a bof? are there notes about it?</p></pre> </blockquote>
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<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: \
-pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><p style="padding: \
0;text-rendering: inherit;margin: 0;line-height: inherit;white-space: inherit;">Yeah, \
maybe cfgitem or something like that? Well, they mentioned they need good Kiosk \
support so I wanted to make the Plasma stuff follow that as magically as possible, \
UI-wise, that is.</p></pre> <br />
<p>- Kai Uwe</p>
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<p>On Juli 30th, 2015, 8:38 nachm. UTC, Kai Uwe Broulik wrote:</p>
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<div>Review request for Plasma.</div>
<div>By Kai Uwe Broulik.</div>
<p style="color: grey;"><i>Updated Juli 30, 2015, 8:38 nachm.</i></p>
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<b style="color: #575012; font-size: 10pt;">Repository: </b>
plasma-desktop
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<h1 style="color: #575012; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1.5em;">Description </h1>
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<pre style="margin: 0; padding: 0; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: \
-moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: \
break-word;"><p style="padding: 0;text-rendering: inherit;margin: 0;line-height: \
inherit;white-space: inherit;">Now you can use autocfg properties to applet config \
dialogs which are smarter than the cfg stuff we currently have. Instead of binding it \
directly to a property you bind it to an item and it tries to figure out what to do \
based on the properties the item has and the type of the config.</p> <p \
style="padding: 0;text-rendering: inherit;margin: 0;line-height: inherit;white-space: \
inherit;">This allows us to automatically reflect immutables (cf. LiMux) in the UI \
without further ado by the plasmoid programmer. It can:</p> <p style="padding: \
0;text-rendering: inherit;margin: 0;line-height: inherit;white-space: \
inherit;">Boolean config:
- If it's bound to sth with a "checked" property (eg. checkbox), it sets checked to \
the config</p> <p style="padding: 0;text-rendering: inherit;margin: 0;line-height: \
inherit;white-space: inherit;">Int config:
- If it's bound to sth with a "currentIndex" property (eg. combobox), it sets \
currentIndex to the config
- If it's bound to sth with value, minimumValue and maximumValue property (eg. \
slider or spinbox) it sets value to the config</p> <p style="padding: \
0;text-rendering: inherit;margin: 0;line-height: inherit;white-space: \
inherit;">String config:
- If it's bound to sth with a "text" property (eg. textfield) it sets text to the \
config</p> <p style="padding: 0;text-rendering: inherit;margin: 0;line-height: \
inherit;white-space: inherit;">Maybe there's even more? We don't really have \
introspection so I just rely on properties being there and the programmer not doing \
rubbish. We could also use the label from the config xml and/or auto-populate \
min/maxvalue</p></pre> </td>
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<h1 style="color: #575012; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1.5em;">Testing </h1>
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<pre style="margin: 0; padding: 0; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: \
-moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: \
break-word;"><p style="padding: 0;text-rendering: inherit;margin: 0;line-height: \
inherit;white-space: inherit;">Working pretty nicely</p></pre> </td>
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<h1 style="color: #575012; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1.5em;">Diffs</b> </h1>
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<li>desktoppackage/contents/configuration/AppletConfiguration.qml <span \
style="color: grey">(0302c7a)</span></li>
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<p><a href="https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/124537/diff/" style="margin-left: \
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