[Panel-devel] A few issues

Sven Burmeister sven.burmeister at gmx.net
Sat Nov 24 11:49:04 CET 2007


On Samstag, 24. November 2007, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> > 1. Add the picture frame plasmoid to the desktop, open its settings and
> > select slideshow, then click on the icon next to the lineedit to open the
> > "select folder" dialogue.
> >
> > For me the folders are not sorted
>
> that has nothing to do with plasma, that's the file dialog, right?

yes.

> > I get graphical corruptions when
> > scrolling up and they do not expand when I double-click them.
>
> qt + argb visuals + nvidia == brokenness in scrolling. we'll have to figure
> out what to do about that.

Ok, I had this issue before, but on a lot of lists, now I only saw it on that 
one.

> > 4. The commit log plasmoid has been broken for ages, should it not be
> > removed?
>
> isn't it in playground?

Yes, but why should one build a broken plasmoid by default? May I disable it 
in the CMakeList.txt?

> > 5. I can drag some plasmoids, e.g. commit log by clicking on their border
> > (not handles). For others, e.g. the solid notifier this does not work.
>
> that's why we have handles.

But it's not consistent. If something looks the same it should behave the same 
way, i.e. either borders never work for dragging or always work.

> > 6. If one opens the "add applet" dialogue and then starts dashboard one
> > can open another "add applet" dialogue.
>
> you mean open another add applet dialogue in the dashboard? so you have one
> on both the dashboard and desktop?

Yes, the already open one is put into the background and a second one opens on 
the dashboard. Usually only one instance of that window is allowed.


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