UI questions

[Hamish Rodda]

On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 02:52:49 am Andreas Pakulat wrote:
> On 08.12.07 11:34:00, Vladimir Prus wrote:
> > On Saturday 08 December 2007 01:49:08 Andreas Pakulat wrote:
> > > On 08.12.07 01:04:47, Vladimir Prus wrote:
> > > > On Friday 07 December 2007 22:56:40 Andreas Pakulat wrote:
> > > > > On 07.12.07 20:22:37, Vladimir Prus wrote:
> > > > > > I have several question about KDevelop4 interface as applies to
> > > > > > debugger:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 1. Can user move tool views
> > > > >
> > > > > See, that happens when you don't follow this list :P
> > > > >
> > > > > > -- say, somebody might not like variables view on the left, and
> > > > > > want it on the bottom.  Is this possible.
> > > > >
> > > > > Sooner or later yes, hopefully including drag'n'drop.
> > > > >
> > > > > > 2. Is there any way to group tool views. Say, I want that by
> > > > > > default, there's "Debug" tab on the bottom that has both stack
> > > > > > frame and variables. The user should be able to drag "Variables"
> > > > > > away to a separate tab, and then drag it back, if so desired.
> > > > >
> > > > > No, and I don't see the reason. You've got the toolview buttons.
> > > > > There is support planned to have two toolviews in the same area
> > > > > open at the same time, i.e. you could have the GDB+Framestack
> > > > > toolview sitting side by side on the bottom.
> > > >
> > > > You mean, that we don't need drag-n-drop, and should use toolview
> > > > buttons, or something else?
> > >
> > > No, I thought you wanted to automatically create a new toolview with a
> > > tabwidget having the variable and stack frame widget. But I guess that
> > > was just some misunderstanding on my side :)
> >
> > Well, there's quite possibly some confusion going on. What I mean is
> > this:
> >
> > 1. We have a bunch of buttons on bottom.
> > 2. When a button is clicked a dock widget is shown.
> > 3. Inside that doc widget there's a single tool view widget.
> >
> > What I want is for a single dock widget to show several tool view
> > widgets, alongside, without any tabs. I want such behaviour to be by
> > default, but allow the user to move tool views.
>
> My terms are a bit different. A dockwidget for me means QDockWidget. The
> thing that pops up in the bottom when you press a button is a toolview
> over here. Its content is just some widget.
>
> That being said, yes, we're on the same page. Having the possibility to
> have 2 widgets displayed in the lower toolview area is something I want
> to have as well. I'm not sure wether both widgets would end up in the
> same toolview (i.e. just one title+toolview buttons) or you'd get 2
> toolviews that sit there side-by-side, i.e. two titles and each having
> their own toolview buttons. But thats an implementation detail. Also
> this would need drag'n'drop support obviously.

BTW, this is already implemented behind the scenes in ideallayout, I was just 
waiting for someone to propose a suitable UI...

Cheers,
Hamish
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