[kde-guidelines] Styleguide: Toolbar

[Thomas Pfeiffer]

On Friday 04 October 2013 17:10:14 Heiko Tietze wrote:
> > Agreed: Developers should just use the default. If we think the default
> > isn't good, we should make sure the default is changed instead of asking
> > every developer to change the default.
> 
> You are right. All visual stuff should go into the last part of the HIG.
> BTW: Is there another Oxygen guideline than this one
> /Projects/Oxygen/Style?
> 
> * Do not change the button style (QToolbar::toolButtonStyle) from the
> default. The default is currently text beside icons.

+1

> > > > * Use small icons in standard applications and larger icons for tool
> > > > windows.
> > > 
> > > Do we do this?
> > > With my programmer hat on, again this should be left up to the QStyle
> > > and left alone by developers. The HIG will then be "don't change the
> > > icon sizes"
> 
> I would encourage to do so. Again, the 'don't change things' advice fits
> well. I removed the point completely.

+1

> > First of all: What exactly are tool windows?
> 
> Forms have a border style that distinguish between normal applications and
> tools. A tool window usually do not allow resizing, does not provide
> minimize/maximize buttons at the (smaller) system area (at least on MS
> Windows), and does not have a status bar. It is useful for applications that
> behaves like secondary windows, e.g. kcalc. All secondary dialogs, at least
> when modal, are tool windows.

Okay. Is that term used in Qt? If not, I think we should briefly define it or 
use a more well-known term, to make sure devs know what we mean.