[KDE Usability] On the future of the menubar

[Dotan Cohen]

>> How is System Settings different than any other KDE application in this regard?
>
> Many KCM modules need a lot of vertical space. Some can be improved,
> others cannot (speaking as someone who spent quite some time trying to
> fix some of them before 4.0 was released). Therefore it makes sense to
> leave most space available to what matters.
>

Is that not true of a PDF viewer? The whole page doesn't fit on a
vertical screen (even less on a widescreen). So why does Okular still
have a menubar?

Or how about a web browser? Or an office suite? Most apps are limited
by vertical space, System Settings is not special in this regard.


> This is not specific to System Settings, so I think it would be good to
> standardize a "reduced menu" in the HIG, similar to what Rekonq created.
> The use-case would be applications which do not need large menus and
> have important vertical space needs.
>

In general, I agree. I have not seen the rekonq implementation, though.


> - This menu would be included in the toolbar either as a "Menu" button,
> or as an icon if horizontal space is limited (that's the case for
> Rekonq, where horizontal space is best left to the url lineedit).
>

There is a feature request for that:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=211304

> - This menu would contain items like "Configure", "Quit" or "Help", with
> "Help" being a submenu like Rekonq does.
>
> - A limit should be defined to let developers decide whether it makes
> sense for them to use a "reduced menu".
>


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