From kde-core-devel  Fri Feb 18 00:23:49 2005
From: Ingo =?iso-8859-1?q?Kl=F6cker?= <kloecker () kde ! org>
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 00:23:49 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: HIG (Future of KDE Development)
Message-Id: <200502180123.53147 () erwin ! ingo-kloecker ! de>
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On Friday 18 February 2005 01:05, Benjamin Meyer wrote:
> On Thursday 17 February 2005 9:20 pm, Richard Moore wrote:
> > Ok - rather than talk in the abstract I'll present two different
> > use cases, and if IDEAL can support them both then there's no
> > problem (assuming I don't need to click 10 million things to
> > configure it so that these happen).
> >
> > 1. I use paintshop pro a lot. I frequently need to have a large
> > number of images visible at the same time either to compare them,
> > or because I'm using them to edit fragments of images that I stick
> > together later to make a single image. In this example having lots
> > of pseudo-toplevel widgets inside the app makes a lot of sense and
> > is very easy to use.
> >
> > 2. I frequently use ksirc to have several different chat channels
> > open. I want each to use the full space allocated to the window and
> > I want to be able to switch between them quickly.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Rich.
>
> I have a patch for kwin that will raise all windows from the same
> application when you click on one window.  Needs some some pollish,
> but I have been using it for a few months.  So when using Gimp,
> ksirc, or the new Qt Designer in Qt4 when I click on one window in
> the application the rest raise up. Personally I don't know why we
> didn't have this all along.

Probably because it breaks if all those windows are not next to each=20
other, but on top of each other (at least overlapping)?

Assume you have two windows A and B. B is in front of A hiding it=20
partially. Now you want to bring A to the front. You click on it. kwin=20
raises A, then kwin raises B. Result: A is not in front.

This isn't an academic example. If you have multiple images open in Gimp=20
then it's very unlikely that the windows don't overlap.

Regards,
Ingo

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