[Panel-devel] Tasks applet and the panel

[Robert Knight]

> Already possible Applets == Widgets == LayoutItems

Thanks Matt.  I don't know how I missed that, it simplifies the TODO
list somewhat.



On 14/08/07, Aaron J. Seigo <aseigo at kde.org> wrote:
> On Tuesday 14 August 2007, Matt Broadstone wrote:
> > On 8/14/07, Robert Knight <robertknight at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > > By the way, that recalls to me that the actual concept of formfactors
> > > > is not enough, and we need to extend it with sub-formfactors or
> > > > formfactors parameters
> > > > For example we need to make each applet know the size of the
> > > > panel,
> > >
> > > This can be covered by adding support for applets in layouts.  This
> > > means:
> >
> > Already possible Applets == Widgets == LayoutItems
>
> indeed; there's also a commented-out method in the Applet API maxSizeHint()
> which returns a QRectF. the idea is to have this provide the size of the
> area
> they are in, so the height or width of the panel could be advertised there,
> with updates resulting in calls to constraintsUpdated. whether or not this
> will be needed with the Layouts now remains to be seen. hopefully it won't,
> but we'll see.
>
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