[Bug 287228] onMeeGo: while the device is plugedIn, the battery symbol vanishes, so that options like sleep cannot be activated

[Thomas Pfeiffer]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=287228





--- Comment #11 from Thomas Pfeiffer <colomar autistici org>  2011-11-22 16:19:33 ---
> I wonder if it's justified to add powerbutton chrome to the panel though. 
> Right now we combine that with the battery display and cross fingers that the 
> user either finds the battery (if it's there at all), or find the physical 
> powerbutton, which I've wired to suspend (doesn't seem to work for everybody).
> 
> The problem of course with hiding the battery when fully charged (which I 
> think makes sense at least on a desktop, but feels a bit uncommon on a mobile 
> device) is that we bastardize it to not be just informational, but also 
> provide access to settings and suspend actions.
> 
> On the desktop, the battery icon can still be shown even if hidden, but that 
> option isn't available in PA's system tray (neither by settings UI, nor by 
> this little arrow that makes it show).

+1, that's why I'd vote for a separate button (different icon than the big red
power button, of course ;)

> > > Well that's pretty much like the traditional shutdown plasmoid with PA
> > > look & feel, isn't it?
> > > (
> > > http://ubuntu.paslah.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/The-desktop-menu-Leav
> > > e.png )
> 
> Similar, but the feel should really be different, the lock/logout dialog just 
> doesn't feel very touch-friendly.

Yes, sure. These mockups look touch-friendly enough for me, though. Big buttons
with enough space between them, no combo buttons, nice.

> Hibernate requires swap, which mobile devices usually don't have.

Oh, I didn't know that. What does the hibernate button currently in the battery
icon menu do, then?

> Nice work, overall.

Agreed. Much better suited for a tablet than the menu dropping form the battery
icon

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