MainWindow layouting

[Valorie Zimmerman]

On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 7:01 AM, Jeff Mitchell <mitchell at kde.org> wrote:
> On 09/19/2010 05:13 AM, Mark Kretschmann wrote:
>> On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Valorie Zimmerman
>> <valorie.zimmerman at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> While you all are discussing this, how about allowing a "restore
>>> default layout" in the main layout menu? I had to wipe out my configs
>>> the other day after getting the layout completely messed up, and was
>>> unable to fix without doing that.
>>
>> That's a splendid idea :)
>>
>> In fact we had such a function planned long ago, but we never got
>> around to doing it. I'd really love to have it.
>>
>>
>> PS:
>> Come to think of it, this might be very easy to implement (simply by
>> deleting the "layout" file). I'll try it out today.
>
> It'd also be nice to have a few preset layouts that users can try. For
> instance, one that gives you the "Amarok 1.4" layout, with context and
> media sources tabbed and playlist on its own. (Even better if we can
> also adjust the playlist layout this way.) Then if users complain about
> not liking the 2.x layout, instead of saying, "well, you can unlock the
> view, then drag around..." we could simply say View->Layouts->Amarok 1.4
>
> --Jeff

That would indeed rock, although I wouldn't use it. We do get people
asking All The Time, though.

Valorie