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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Docking toolbars to the MacOS style menubar?
From:       William Leese <william () leese ! nl>
Date:       2003-04-15 17:51:59
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On Tuesday 15 April 2003 19:43, Bob Ramsey wrote:
> At 12:00 PM 4/15/2003,  William Leese wrote:
> >On Tuesday 15 April 2003 17:57, Alex C-G wrote:
> > > Hi, I was using a Mac with Classic MacOS a while ago, and thought it
> > > was pretty nifty that you could dock toolbars to the menubar. When an
> > > app lost focus its toolbar disappeared and was replaced with the one
> > > from the newly focused app. Any chance of implementing this in KDE?
> > > It'd reduce screen clutter a lot and provide a consistent location for
> > > the toolbar.
> >
> >Kcontrol -> Appearance & Themes -> Style -> Miscellaneous
>
> But when I tear a menu toolbar off of something like Kwrite, the toolbar
> just floats, it doesn't dock itself to the bar at the top.  Personally, I
> would find this very annoying, as I did in the macs.  But a lot of people
> do like it.

My bad. Misread the original mail.

One good reason to keep the toolbar docked in it's window is to allow faster 
use of commonly used functions. This works nicely for buttons because they're 
easy to reach (larger than menubar items and more distinguishable). 

- William

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