kdebase/kicker/core

[Wilco Greven]

On Friday 03 May 2002 13:31, Cristian Tibirna wrote:
> On Wednesday, 01 May 2002 09:50, Wilco Greven wrote:
> > kdebase/kicker/core kicker.cpp,1.19,1.20
> > Author: wgreven
> > Wed May  1 15:50:13 CEST 2002
> > In directory office:/tmp/cvs-serv2994
> >
> >
> > Modified Files:
> >          kicker.cpp
> > Log Message:
> > Let Alt-F1 pop up the K-menu at a fixed position instead of the mouse
> > cursor position. The center of the screen seemed to be the best
> > candidate.
>
> Some time ago, Alt-F1 was popping the KMenu in a relative position to the
> ^K wheel button of the panel. Wasn't that a better solution? I mean, what
> is more special about the center of the screen to prefer it to any other
> position (like the mouse pointer position or the K button position?)

I think that has been changed because you can have either no or several K 
buttons now. Popping it up at the mouse pointer position violates the 
predictability principle. Because you can't always see the mouse pointer, you 
wouldn't know where the menu would popup. 

I chose the center of the screen because the minicli is also popups there. And 
WindowMaker does the same.

Greetings,
Wilco