Review Request: Move Show Statusbar action from menu Settings to menu View

Boudewijn Rempt boud at valdyas.org
Wed Oct 3 21:36:53 BST 2012



> On Oct. 3, 2012, 7:38 p.m., Jarosław Staniek wrote:
> > I propose that we use the opportunity of removing bloat[tm].
> > 
> > I think something could be changed, but not this move ("Show Statusbar" is in Settings menu in the never-finished KDE HIG). As usual, let's ask yourself and your testers, how frequently do you use the option.
> > 
> > I have personally seen users and myself rather calling full-screen action, if anything, in apps to get some space for my editor's content. So how about a setting in application settings dialog, not a prominent View option?
> > 
> > For special users that feel ignored by that, there are always the shortcut keys editor and the toolbar editor.

I do agree with this. A configurable full-screen action like Krita has will be more useful. Toggling the visibility of the statusbar (or menubar) really isn't useful. On the other hand, consistency with other KDE applications is important all by itself. 


- Boudewijn


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On Sept. 30, 2012, 12:10 a.m., Inge Wallin wrote:
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> (Updated Sept. 30, 2012, 12:10 a.m.)
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> Review request for Calligra, Marijn Kruisselbrink, Thorsten Zachmann, and C. Boemann.
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> Description
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> This patch moves the action "Show Statusbar" to the View menu.
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> It's obvious that to show the statusbar or not is a View thing.
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> One thing to comment on is whether all applications should have this setting.  Currently they don't.
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> Diffs
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>   sheets/sheets.rc 7eae858 
>   stage/part/stage.rc 2dba463 
>   stage/stage.rc d0b912f 
>   words/part/author/author.rc 14c5e91 
>   words/part/words.rc 7ccbd34 
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> Diff: http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/106650/diff/
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> Testing
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> Tested all affected applications.
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> Thanks,
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> Inge Wallin
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