KTabBar - suggestion for 4.1

[Robert Knight]

Hi Peter,

I second this. 

> from my point of view - 
> KDE should not offer 4 ways for closing tabs:

Agreed, plus I think the icon looks more attractive on the right.  

The only request I have is for the artists.  At the moment the close
button icon is quite 'bold' and I think it would look better if the 3D
effect and colour strength were reduced a little.

Regards,
Robert.

On Sun, 2008-04-13 at 23:30 +0200, Peter Penz wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> KTabBar offers the functionality to blend in a close button above the tab-icon 
> when hovering the icon (see KTabBar::setHoverCloseButton(bool)).
> 
> To prevent that the user accidentally closes the tab an additional interface 
> is offered to delay a triggering of the close button (see 
> KTabBar::setHoverCloseButtonDelayed(bool)).
> 
> From my point of view both interfaces should be marked as deprecated and 
> replaced by a KTabBar::setCloseButtonEnabled(bool) in KDE 4.1. When being 
> enabled the close button should be shown on the right side of the tab (like 
> shown in this mockup - similar to Firefox and Safari):
> 
> http://enzosworld.gmxhome.de/temp/tabs_mockup.png
> 
> The reason to suggest marking the methods setHoverCloseButton() and 
> setHoverCloseButtonDelayed() as deprecated is that - from my point of view - 
> KDE should not offer 4 ways for closing tabs:
> 1. no close button
> 2. hover close button with no delay
> 3. hover close button with delay
> 4. close button on the right
> 
> I think option 1 and 4 are enough. Please note that this just reflects my 
> personal opinion which is influenced by using Firefox and Safari on my 
> Windows system.
> 
> Beside just suggesting option 4 I'd also implement it if I get the OK :-)
> 
> Any opinions?
> 
> Thanks!
> Peter