GUI layout

Manne Merak mannemerak at gmail.com
Wed Jul 8 19:01:26 UTC 2009


Manne Merak wrote:
> Hi all, I am a long time user of Amarok, thanks all for the effort.
>
> I am now on KDE4 and starting to move over to 2.1.  I do share some of 
> the concerns others have about the complete overhaul of the GUI.  
> Instead of just complaining I would really like to help.
> How will I go about recommending some GUI tweaks?  Should I just jump 
> in and start coding or should I request an enhancement and see if it 
> gets support before I waste too much time with changes that will just 
> be ignored?
> There are mainly small issues at the moment that I think needs some 
> refinement:
> 1.  The text alignment in the vertical boxes on the left, 
> Collection-Internet-Playlists-Files is not center (horizontally)
> 2.  Reload icon on lyrics and Wikipedia cuts into the textbox when 
> resizing (getting too narrow)
> 3.  Playlist current playing box is to tight around text, first and 
> last letter in title gets cut by border.
> etc
> Some (all) these issues may be related to using a different system 
> font (Tahoma), but I feel the layout manager should be able to handle it?
>
> Manne
>
>

Sorry, was bit to hasty with the placement of the controls.  I see a lot 
of the others players have them on the top.

Manne
 



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