<br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/3/29 Aaron J. Seigo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:aseigo@kde.org">aseigo@kde.org</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On March 28, 2010, you wrote:<br>
> My name is Ivan, I'd like to improve global Mac-OS style menu bar as my<br>
> GSoC project.<br>
> Can you please point me to the development code of it?<br>
> How does it corellate with XBar plasmoid?<br>
<br>
</div>there is a fairly old start to such a plasmoid in:<br>
<br>
/trunk/playground/base/plasma/applets/menubar/<br>
<br>
it has no relation to the xbar plasmoid, which only works with bespin.<br>
<br>
done "right", i think what really ought to happen is this:<br>
<br>
* add a "global menubar" option to the Desktop -> Workspace control panel in<br>
system settings<br>
<br>
* create a Plasma::Containment of type Panel for the menubar; it would be much<br>
like the current Panel containment, but it would have the implementation of<br>
the menubar directly inside it, and it would arrange other plasmoids around<br>
it. this means that the menubar itself wouldn't be so much a separate plasmoid<br>
as it would a Plasma::Contaiment. this would go into<br>
kdebase/workspace/plasma/desktop/containments/.<br>
<br>
* add a specialization of PanelView in plasma-desktop<br>
(kdebase/workspace/plasma/desktop/shell/) that is created when that<br>
configuration option is selected. it would instantiate the menubar contaiment<br>
and have a number of unique options: it would not be repositionable from the<br>
top of the screen, it would not be resizeable (always the height of the<br>
menubar) and it would not be directly removable (system settings would control<br>
it)<br>
<br>
* that means that some modifications to PanelController would be needed<br>
(though pretty minor) to turn off height and other such features as needed<br>
<br>
if you wish to discuss this further, we can do so on <a href="mailto:plasma-devel@kde.org">plasma-devel@kde.org</a><br>
(CC'd on this email).<br>
<br>
hth.<br>
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KDE core developer sponsored by Qt Development Frameworks<br></font></blockquote><div><br>Thank you for a very informative reply. I'll take some time examining code and refining the project ideas.<br>
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Best regards,<br>
Ivan Ruchkin<br> </div></div><br>