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List:       kwin
Subject:    [Bug 160147] New: Qt::Sheet dialog support in KWIN
From:       Andreas Aardal Hanssen <ahanssen () trolltech ! com>
Date:       2008-03-31 8:21:18
Message-ID: 20080331102117.160147.ahanssen () trolltech ! com
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           Summary: Qt::Sheet dialog support in KWIN
           Product: kwin
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Compiled Sources
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kwin kde org
        ReportedBy: ahanssen trolltech com


Version:            (using Devel)
Installed from:    Compiled sources
OS:                Linux

Mac OS X introduced support for "Sheets", which are essentially window modal dialogs \
that appear and behave differently from regular dialogs. If you've ever used a Mac, \
you'll see that file dialogs don't usually pop up like floating / context free \
dialogs, but they instead slide down from under the menubar. They are just as window \
modal as other file dialogs, but they don't "pop up", and they are more visually \
appealing, and more intuitive in how they present their relation to the parent \
window. When using a sheet file dialog, there is never any doubt which window the \
dialog belongs to. When you move the parent, the sheet follows, while blocking the \
window itself.

Qt provides support for sheets on Mac OS X, and it provides the Qt::Sheet window type \
so that any platform can support them. Unfortunately, we cannot reasonably expect \
Windows to support sheets, but KWIN can.

This is one of those distinguishing features that can make KWIN stand out from the \
croud (GNOME and the like). And it's supposedly easy to implement. It'll hit the \
screenshot list on SlashDot, for sure :-). \
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