KDevelop4 UI

[Alexander Dymo]

понеділок, 21-гру-2009 16:03:09 David Nolden ви написали:
> I think technically the whole thing is doable, without utter hacks.

Yes, but in kdelibs :) And last time I looked at it, I found a solution.

What we need is one more attribute for kxmlgui menus and toolbars called 
"mergePolicy" with values "MergeAlways (default, old behavior), 
MergeOnlyDefinedGroups"

For example, that will allow us to have a toolbar definition like this:

<ToolBar name="mainToolBar" position="Top" noMerge="1" 
mergePolicy="MergeOnlyDefinedGroups">
  <text>Main Toolbar</text>
  <Action name="file_new" />
  <Separator/>
  <DefineGroup append="file_operations" name="file_operations"/>
  <Separator/>
  <DefineGroup append="build_operations" name="build_operations"/>
  <Separator/>
  <DefineGroup append="run_operations" name="run_operations"/>
</ToolBar>

Currently this toolbar lets kate part to merge edit/undo actions into it, but 
with MergeOnlyDefinedGroups policy, it will not be allowed to do that.


Another thing that will be likely necessary is exclusion rules:
 <Exclude>
  <Action name="file_print"/>
 </Exclude>




PS:  With merge only groups policy it should be possible to allow merging 
several menus into one, like this:

partui.rc
<Menu name="file">
  <Action name="file_new" group="new_merge"/>
</Menu>
<Menu name="edit">
  <Action name="edit_undo" group="undo_merge"/>
</Menu>

applicationui.rc
<Menu name="tools" mergePolicy="MergeOnlyDefinedGroups">
  <AlsoMerge>
    <Menu name="file"/>
    <Menu name="edit"/>
  </AlsoMerge>
  <DefineGroup name="new_merge"/>
  <DefineGroup name="undo_merge"/>
</Menu>

But that's only a sketch. I haven't completely though it out actually.