<div dir="ltr">Howdy,<br><br>Today I talked a little bit with Aaron Seigo on IRC about favorites in Kickoff. It all began with me wondering the best way to deal with <a href="https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=170605">bug 170605</a>. My initial plan was to simply erase the search box when a favorite was added, but Aaron argued that 'switching the whole context to say "hey, it worked!" is a bit silly'. Even though I agree, I would still like to see some kind of feedback when (successfully) adding a favorite in Kickoff.<br>
<br>Well, now I have thought of a solution that would make me, and hopefully also Mr. Seigo, satisfied. :)<br>Check <a href="http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/1024/kickoffmockupyh0.png">this</a> picture and I think you get the idea. The star works in the same way as in the Add widget dialog, and is only shown for the selected item. It provides a simple way to add/remove favorites, and also fixes this feature:<br>
21:31 < aseigo> Mogger: in fact, maybe all app items in search that are also in favourites should show as being favourited? hm.<br>Furthermore, it is consistent with the Add widget dialog and easily discoverable.<br>
<br>The only problem I see at the moment is the space conflict with the bars for removable storage (<a href="http://eliasprobst.eu/%7Eelias/stuff/screenshots/kde4-issues/kick-off-storage-devices.png">old picture</a>; I was too lazy to take a screenshot).<br>
<br><br>What do you think?<br><br>With best regards,<br>Hans Chen<br></div>