KDE/kdevplatform/shell

[Dan Leinir Turthra Jensen]

Thursday 06 November 2008 Andreas Pakulat wrote:
> On 06.11.08 23:01:14, Vladimir Prus wrote:
> > On Thursday 06 November 2008 21:55:11 David Nolden wrote:
> > > Am Donnerstag, 6. November 2008 19:08:20 schrieb Matt Rogers:
> > > > SVN commit 880868 by mattr:
> > > >
> > > > Move the text editor status to be just under the editor window
> > >
> > > Hmm the problem I see with this is that we still have the normal status
> > > bar. So now even more vertical space is permanently taken away, wich
> > > sucks, at least if it's just used for the Line/Column information
> > > that's a real waste. However it could be made useful by moving a part
> > > of the code-browser there, specifically the bar that shows the current
> > > surrounding function, and the back/forward navigation-history buttons
> > > related to that. You think it would be possible to add own widgets
> > > there?
> >
> > Do you happen to remember that we talked about breadcrumps nagivation for
> > files, in the form of:
> >
> > 	project -> dir -> file -> function
> >
> > ? This is probably what can be put there.
>
> No actually, that should be replacing the tabs :) I currently seriously
> consider not having KDevelop4 with tabs, I mean look at the blogs about
> QtCreator, nobody complained about missing tabs to switch between files.
> The combobox there was just fine for everybody and it didn't even include
> any path.

  Having thought a little more deeply about this whole mental model of "All 
files are open" over the last few days, it has dawned on me that really, 
that's what we already have - the search-through-everything code model in 
KDevelop4 indicates that it already keeps the entirety of the project in 
memory (i know this isn't *really* the case and such, but... you know). So, in 
short: I agree that it makes sense to not have a tab bar, but more like a 
breadcrumbs trail a la Dolphin's one :)

> > A student of mine is working on addition such navigation in kdevelop,
> > some code is likely to appear next week, and then we can play. Though
> > now, the nagivator is on top of the window.
>
> Wooooot! Leave it there.

  i absolutely concur - breadcrumb trails are traditionally found at the top 
of the window, i really don't think we should be changing that metaphor here, 
since there isn't a really good reason to do so :)

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