Review Request: Menubar and statusbar visibility actions: replace togglable "show" actions with "show/hide" actions

[Parker Coates]

> On 2010-10-13 22:59:25, Markus Slopianka wrote:
> > Hm..... I find the checkbox solution more intuitive.
> > If this patch gets accepted, one has to make sure, *all* KDE applications follow that method -- incl.Dolphin's "Show hidden file", KOffice's "Show grid", etc.
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> Hugo Pereira Da Costa wrote:
>     ... as well as 'lock toolbar positions'
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> Christoph Feck wrote:
>     We have to differentiate between true actions and just configurable options. As I understand it right, the KDualAction class has been created for the cases where no "checked" or "down" state is applicable, such as Play/Pause, Reload/Stop, etc. These would be actions.
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>     On the other hand there are options, such as whether certain UI elements should be visible. Since it is assumed that those things are saved between application invokations, they should keep the checkbox so that one quickly sees the state of the option, without even bothering to read the text.
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>     Just the fact that invoking the option immediately causes an action (in particular the hiding or showing of a widget) doesn't make these actions per se. Try putting them in a configuration dialog with a checkbox, and you will see the difference.

I was part way through my own reply explaining the difference between "pure actions" and "options with implicit actions", when Christoph's comment hit my inbox. So I guess I'll just say "+1". :)


- Parker


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On 2010-10-13 22:19:16, Aurélien Gâteau wrote:
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> (Updated 2010-10-13 22:19:16)
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> Review request for kdelibs.
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> Summary
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> The standard actions to toggle the visibility of the menubar and the statusbar are togglable "show" actions: their label is always "show {menu,status}bar" and they have a checkbox next to them. This means when the user wants to hide the statusbar, he must click an item which says "[x] Show Statusbar". I believe this is less intuitive than if the item label were "Hide Statusbar".
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> Attached patch implements this by introducing KStandardAction::showHideMenubar(), KStandardAction::showHideStatusbar() and using showHideStatusbar() in KXmlGuiWindow. It also deprecates KStandardAction::showMenubar() and KStandardAction::hideMenubar().
> (I already have a patch for Konqueror to make use of KStandardAction::showHideMenubar() and will probably patch other applications if this request is approved)
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> Diffs
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>   trunk/KDE/kdelibs/kdeui/actions/kstandardaction.h 1185607 
>   trunk/KDE/kdelibs/kdeui/actions/kstandardaction.cpp 1185607 
>   trunk/KDE/kdelibs/kdeui/xmlgui/kxmlguiwindow.cpp 1185607 
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> Diff: http://svn.reviewboard.kde.org/r/5622/diff
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> Testing
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> Tested with Konqueror, KWrite and other KDE applications (more patches to come to provide consistency among applications)
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> Thanks,
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> Aurélien
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