Hey,<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 21:48, Aaron J. Seigo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:aseigo@kde.org">aseigo@kde.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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> 6. An option is needed to remove running widgets.<br>
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</div>why? (and just to warn you, we've already been through this one; i have yet to<br>
see any compelling reason to add this to the UI)</blockquote></div><br>I would like this option as well since are some (third-party) widgets that aren't visible. (And just to warn you, I haven't followed the other discussion; I apologize if I bring up the same old stuff). Some I can think of:<br>
<ul><li>Widgets that only show up after an event or "randomly" - for the latter see bkodama[1].</li><li>Invisible widgets such as PanelShadow[2] and iHateTheCashew[3] (which I'm sure has been mentioned in the previous discussions).</li>
</ul>While iHateTheCashew isn't exactly a good example (remove it to show something - kind of backwards), but I wonder how such invisible widgets should be handled otherwise.<br><br>My idea is to turn the "Running Widgets" category into a kind of task manager, but for widgets. I see that Sean is thinking along the same lines. This would mean:<br>
<ul><li>No running indicator - all widgets in the Running category are running after all. The other categories are acting as a "start menu" - the purpose is to add widgets, you don't care which are running or not.<br>
</li><li>No grouping - if there are two Folder View widgets on your desktop(s), show two Folder View icons in the Running category.</li><li>Remove from tooltip - the tooltips should show information about a specific widget, e.g. which activity it's in. There should also be a remove button to remove that specific widget.</li>
<ul><li>It would be great if it could get a effect similar to "Highlight Window" - hovering an icon shows the corresponding widget (this would require compositing of course). Would this be possible?</li><li>The tooltip could also show a configure button, to configure invisible widgets.<br>
</li></ul></ul>Seeing this list, I agree that it doesn't fit in the Add Widgets bar. The Running category is too different from the others (what would happen if you tried to add a widget from it - create a "copy" of a specific widget?). I don't know how this Activity bar is supposed to work, but maybe such a "widget manager" could fit there?<br>
<br>With best regards,<br>Hans Chen<br><br>-<br>[1] <a href="http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/bkodama?content=106528">http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/bkodama?content=106528</a><br>[2] <a href="http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/PanelShadows?content=92056">http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/PanelShadows?content=92056</a><br>
[3] <a href="http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/I+HATE+the+Cashew?content=91009">http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/I+HATE+the+Cashew?content=91009</a><br>