[KDE Usability] Re: Fluid layouts and widgets

[Jaroslaw Staniek]

2010/12/20 Aurélien Gâteau <agateau at kde.org>:
> On 19/12/2010 14:30, Mark Kretschmann wrote:
>> On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 7:47 AM, Cyrille Berger Skott
>> <cberger at cberger.net> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have been thinking about a solution to some of our UI question/problem. The
>>> idea I am going to propose should allow us to use the same (docker) widgets on
>>> screens and devices of different size, with different configuration.
>>>
>>> == Fluid layouts
> [snip]
>
> If you are interested, Gwenview uses a fluid layout to organize filters.
> If you add a bunch of filters in browse mode (look for the "Add Filter"
> button in the statusbar) they align themselves horizontally until they
> fill the whole width. At this point another row is created.
>
> This is not my code, I copied a class called FlowLayout from Qt examples:
>
> http://doc.qt.nokia.com/4.7/layouts-flowlayout.html
>
> I think it could be a nice addition to kdelibs or to Qt itself.

Yes, especially that kexi also has it implemented (and extended?)
since 2007, and the layouts-flowlayout was the inspiration :)

>
>>> == Fluid widgets
> [snip]
>
> Sounds good to me.
>
>>> == Opinion ?
>>> Personnaly, I think it would allow us to use the same widget on different
>>> configuration, and different form factor. I don't know what you think ?
>>>
>>> I won't commit myself to do this task... Especially since I tend to do that
>>> all too often and not have the time :) However, I would suggest that for 2.4,
>>> the fluid layout is implemented (I am hoping that the current toolbox layout
>>> code could be easilly adaptable as a widget layout, or at least for buttons),
>>> I should be able to take care of that. And then for the other part, either
>>> someone else wants to help in doing it, or I would be willing to mentor a new
>>> developer (for instance with gsoc) on the subject.
>>>
>>> In any case, if you like the idea, I will go and add it to our wiki.
>>
>> Might work, but I would really recommend to consult our KDE Usability team.
>>
>> They are the experts, and they might just have a good idea, and they
>> are able to judge this much better than us nerds (sorry;)
>
> While I don't think fluid layouts and widgets are the definitive answer
> to fit traditional user interfaces on space-constrained devices (I think
> at some point one can't escape re-designing interface to accommodate the
> constraints), it sure can help a lot.
>
> As a resident nerd from kde-usability ML :), I like this idea.
>
> Aurélien
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