[kde-guidelines] List view

[Thomas Pfeiffer]

On Monday 10 June 2013 17:34:12 Heiko Tietze wrote:
> Am Sonntag, 9. Juni 2013, 17:56:32 schrieb Thomas Pfeiffer:
> > On Sunday 09 June 2013 16:42:03 David Edmundson wrote:
> > > > I don't know where I can see a checkbox list in action, but I hope
> > > > that it does provide both.
> > > > 
> > > >  - right click on clock applet -> digital clock settings
> > >  
> > >  - TimeZones tab
> > 
> > Oh, _that_ is how Qt does checkbox lists? Oh dear, that plain sucks. Not
> > only does it not allow multiselect via keyboard, you have to click the
> > checkbox to select it!
> > Okay, hm, that changes things... This implementation is indeed worse than
> > a
> > listbox in some ways.
> > 
> > So I'd say: If we can have a widget which combines the easy selection of a
> > list box with the discoverability and accessibility, I'd prefer that for
> > every case.
> > If we can have only either a list view or that crappy checkbox list, when
> > we indeed have to choose based on the specific situation.
> 
> About crappy cbl: Can we demand better one?

Well, theoretically there are two ways:
1. Get a better one into Qt Widgets (would be ideal, but I assume it's a 
pretty complicated process since we have to convince the Qt community that 
this is better for all Qt users)
2. Get a better one into kdelibs (problem here: kdelibs is frozen until KF5 is 
out, and nobody knows for sure yet when that will happen)

So it is possible, but there is no quick and easy way. 

> And just to not forget a point: Keyboard navigation is done by left/right
> cursor (instead of up/down which is every time "surprising" to me).

Which example did you look at? In the one I looked at (the timezones selection 
in the settings for the digital clock Plasmoid), navigation was done with 
up/down.