Menu rearrangement [was: Re: kdebase/konsole]

Wilco Greven greven at kde.org
Mon Apr 29 21:26:14 BST 2002


On Monday 29 April 2002 21:56, Ralf Nolden wrote:
> On Monday 29 April 2002 21:00, Wilco Greven wrote:
> > On Monday 29 April 2002 19:39, Ralf Nolden wrote:
> > > You probably chose Toolbar, but not MainToolbar in KControl or you
> > > didn't notice it's only the 3 lowest entries (logout, lock, run
> > > command) that are affected by this change and makes them easier to
> > > target (and to avoid, sometimes) if there is more space provided. As
> > > they react to the toolbar iconsettings, they will be 16x16 when small
> > > icons are preferred (low resolution for example) or big (big
> > > resolution). Also this is a start to support visually impaired people,
> > > too.
> >
> > There isn't any logic in using the MainToolbar settings for menu items.
> > It will only confuse our users. Who says that if I want big toolbar
> > icons, I want big menuitems too?
>
> *sigh* then we need a KickerIconSet function and another section in the
> icons configuration. Without having kicker icons customizable in size, how
> do we ever want to achieve usability for disabled people ?

What makes these particular icons (run, lock and logout) so special that they 
need a special treatment? You can already set the size for Small Icons after 
all, if you want them to be displayed bigger.

Greetings,
Wilco






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