[PATCH] 3d look for kwin alt-tab window selector aka tabbox

Andreas Pakulat apaku at gmx.de
Sun Jul 20 09:15:21 BST 2008


On 20.07.08 00:34:49, Alexander Dymo wrote:
> I'd like to propose to add some 3d-ness to the default alt-tab window selector 
> (tabbox) in kwin. The reason is that the tabbox is indistinguishable visually 
> from the topmost window if the window has white background (see "before" 
> screenshot). 
> 
> And I noticed that almost all apps I use - kdevelop, dolphin, kmail and 
> firefox have white backgrounds which make it hard to see the alt-tab selector.
> 
> Admitteddly, with desktop effects enabled and window shadow it's a bit better, 
> but only a bit (at least for me, - I don't distinguish colors that well).
> 
> What would you say about some 3d shape to the window? Please see the patch and 
> "after" screenshot attached.

+1 from me. And while you're hacking on kwin, would you mind if I point
out:

http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=154242

:)

Andreas

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