Review Request 123806: [klipper] Ignore empty / blank entries

[Patrick Eigensatz]

> On Mai 16, 2015, 4:37 nachm., Christoph Feck wrote:
> > klipper/klipper.kcfg, line 32
> > <https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/123806/diff/3/?file=369517#file369517line32>
> >
> >     It would be immensely useful, if Klipper also showed leading/trailing whitespace, i.e. for items that aren't completely whitespace.
> >     
> >     Firefox loves to add leading whitespace when copying double-clicked text, but Klipper does not show this in the menu.
> 
> Christoph Feck wrote:
>     See bug 159267.
> 
> Patrick Eigensatz wrote:
>     Question if we should make an option to replace whitespaces generally. Like:
>     
>     [ ] Allow history items to consist only of whitespaces
>     [ ] Display whitespace characters with symbols
>     
>     The checkboxes would be independent, so it would be possible to see tabs and spaces **AND** the user would still be able select if he wants to see "blank" entries.
>     
>     Seems like the best solution to me. :)
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> Heiko Tietze wrote:
>     Did my pic before reading your last comment. Consider to use either a checkbox above the radio buttons, just instead of the title, or replace it all by a dropdown menu. Please don't use my bad English as a reference. The mockup illustrates only the alignment idea.
>     
>     ![Klipper text](http://oi59.tinypic.com/ac4o6c.jpg)
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> Patrick Eigensatz wrote:
>     Heiko, I see your concerns on grouping and aligning; I could change the design and create a seperate patch and a seperate view request.
>     Hmm, if we use radio buttons it won't be possible to have symbolic placeholders **and** ignore blank entries... How would you solve this?
>     
>     Thank you
> 
> Heiko Tietze wrote:
>     If an option is not exclusive the checkbox comes into play. But I don't think you can have both features. And finally I agree that the solution in #123821 is good and a simple checkbox 'Trim whitespace characters' would be sufficient.
>     However, the grouping and the alignment has still room for improvements. To be honest the whole feature is not 'simple by default', which should be our first concern.

Okay, so solution #123821 for default...

I'm not sure if we should file a bug or if I just file another review request with a "design patch" to fulfill the HIG altough I'm new to QTDesigner...

I start now implementing a simple checkbox "Trim whitespaces" additionally to solution #123821.


- Patrick


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On Mai 16, 2015, 6:11 nachm., Patrick Eigensatz wrote:
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> (Updated Mai 16, 2015, 6:11 nachm.)
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> Review request for kde-workspace, KDE Usability and Patrick Eigensatz.
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> Bugs: 159267 and 192922
>     https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159267
>     https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=192922
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> Repository: plasma-workspace
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> Description
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> [PATCH] plasma-workspace: klipper: Fix #192922 Ignore blank entries
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> QString::isEmpty() is used to check if the string only consists of whitespace characters. If it does, the creation of the HistoryStringItem fails.
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> Diffs
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>   klipper/klipper.cpp 798b49f 
>   klipper/klipper.kcfg a03dd16 
>   klipper/klipper.h 6952b11 
>   klipper/historyitem.cpp 36cbe61 
>   klipper/generalconfig.ui f513e9c 
>   klipper/configdialog.cpp 2fe8206 
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> Diff: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/123806/diff/
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> Testing
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> Thanks,
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> Patrick Eigensatz
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