How can i make kate behaviour go back to normal?

Christoph Cullmann (cullmann.io) christoph at cullmann.io
Sun Dec 11 15:38:02 GMT 2022


On 2022-12-11 13:58, Waqar Ahmed wrote:
>> It's funny how you argue that a modal dialog is bad
> 
> What's funny? And where did I say it's bad? You misunderstand things.
> 
>> completely overlay the main view with a settings view .
> 
> I suggest you go and explore how it works first.
> 
> But just for your info: you can open the settings in a split or a new
> mainWindow for e.g. It just integrates a lot better. You can use the
> same shortcuts that you use to switch tabs (alt-left/right) to switch
> between views. We'll improve the integration even more moving forward.

Hi,

we streamlined the UI to use close to zero dialogs and only inline 
widgets.

There are still some rough corners like the not needed permanent entry 
in the
document switcher, but in general I think our UI is a lot more 
consistent
the way it is now.

Greetings
Christoph

> 
> 
> On Sun, Dec 11, 2022, 5:31 PM Ingo Klöcker <kloecker at kde.org> wrote:
> 
>> On Sonntag, 11. Dezember 2022 13:01:36 CET Waqar Ahmed wrote:
>>> There are good reasons which I noted already. We do not need
>> dialogs at all
>>> when we can use our main view for something. Also we do not need
>> to think
>>> what size the dialog should be anymore. It just fits in the
>> existing
>>> window.
>> 
>> It's funny how you argue that a modal dialog is bad (which I fully
>> agree to),
>> but then completely overlay the main view with a settings view,
>> which makes it
>> impossible to see the effect of changes (e.g. changing a font)
>> without
>> switching to-and-fro between the settings view and the editor view.
>> 
>> Even with the previous modal settings dialog I could immediately see
>> the effect
>> of the changes.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Ingo

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