[okular] [Bug 409455] Request: Make signature notification more unobtrusive

[Angelos Skembris]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=409455

--- Comment #2 from Angelos Skembris <a.skembris at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)
> I don't disagree. However, the devil's in the details:
> 
> 1. seems reasonable and doable.
> 
> 2. would cause people to report it as a bug ("Why does the signature message
> box just end in the middle of nowhere?"
> 
> 3. is not a great UX since the message box could easily disappear before
> you've finished reading it, or after you've read it and while you're moving
> your cursor towards the button do do something with it. That would be really
> infuriating.
> 
> 4. would cause 99% of people to miss it.

Hi Nate, 

I assume you can control the fading process through a timer and have it
disappear after a specified number of seconds that does need to be too long, or
once an event like scrolling takes place. 

You could also replace the long message by a single, non-fading but dismissable
icon (e.g. document-edit-sign-encrypt.svg from breeze). Hovering over it would
display the text, left clicking would toggle the signatures panel, right
clicking would dismiss it. I wager that would be much more discreet; you'd
still need to click to dismiss it but if it doesn't obscure that much viewable
area, I am guessing it wouldn't matter as much.  

Just thinking out loud here, I am sure you will figure out the best and
quickest way to go about this!

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