Locking toolbars by default

[Celeste Lyn Paul]

On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 5:28 PM, Aaron J. Seigo <aseigo at kde.org> wrote:
> On November 10, 2009, Frederik Gladhorn wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> just recently I discussed with some people about the default setting for
>> locked toolbars. Most people I spoke to, don't rearrange their toolbars
>> often (if at all).
>> So would it not make sense to have all toolbars locked by default?
>
> attached is a patch that implements this. key points of this patch:

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>
> * renames "Lock Toolbars" to "Lock Toolbar Positions"
>
> * renames menu title from "Toolbar Menu" to "Toolbar Settings"
>
> * renames menu entry "Toolbars" to "Toolbars Shown", clearer and more
> consistent with the single entry name of "Show Toolbar"
>
> * doesn't hide icon size or text alignment options when locked (which is an
> unfortunate problem with locking toolbars currently)
>
> * puts a divider line in the menu between "this toolbar" and "all toolbar"
> options; may need to be even more obvious with a title, but i didn't think the
> visual "weight" of another title justified the benefits
>
> * puts the items that are hidden when Locked at the bottom of their respective
> sections, making the menu change as little as possible when locked
>
> * main toolbar text default is text-aside
>
> normally i'd put this on review-board, but i figured in this case it was more
> useful to keep in the context of the thread.
>
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Celeste Lyn Paul
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