'Re: Review Request 124537: RFC: Add autocfg property magic for applet config dialogs'

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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.
> 
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> 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 
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> Diff: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/124537/diff/
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> Testing
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> Working pretty nicely
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> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Kai Uwe Broulik
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<blockquote style="margin-left: 1em; border-left: 2px solid #d0d0d0; padding-left: 10px;">
 On Juli 31st, 2015, 12:55 nachm. UTC, Marco Martin wrote:
 <blockquote style="margin-left: 1em; border-left: 2px solid #d0d0d0; padding-left: 10px;">
 <pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; \
white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">I like the idea, not sure about \
the autocfg_ prefix. was it discussed in a bof? are there notes about it?</pre>
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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;">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.</pre>

<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 \
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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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