[Panel-devel] Plasma panel

[Robert Knight]

> So I have a working panel implementation sitting here.  It's almost
> dentical to the one I posted, apart from the virtual addApplet.

> OK to commit?

Looks sensible to me.  I think the layouts will be problematic until
some sort of height for width or other aspect ratio control has been
added.



On 29/09/2007, Alex Merry <huntedhacker at tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> On Saturday 29 Sep 2007, Alex Merry wrote:
> > This is an implementation of panels in Plasma.
> >
> > It uses a Containment subclass, Panel.  PanelView (which was
> > previously called Panel) attaches to a Panel and displays it.
> >
> > To get the panel, you need to delete
> > ~/.kde4/share/config/plasma-appletsrc, so that it will be
> > regenerated.
> >
> > Current issues:
> >
> > * the layout is not working properly
> fixed (mainly - some work needs doing on what happens when you move
> items around)
> > * the applets get backgrounds when the panel is reloaded from
> > plasma-appletsrc (we have no hook into addApplet from subclasses of
> > Containment in which to do this)
> we've solved this by making addApplet virtual in Containment
> > * actually, the restore code doesn't even get the geometry right
> > any more (it worked a couple of days ago)
> works now - one line fix
> > * You can add a Panel to the desktop, but no corresponding PanelView
> > will be created.  Also, it probably won't be attached to the side of
> > the screen (I haven't tested this)
> still needs sorting
> > * drag-and-drop on to the panel doesn't work
> yes it does, it was the layout being silly
>
> So I have a working panel implementation sitting here.  It's almost
> identical to the one I posted, apart from the virtual addApplet.
>
> OK to commit?
>
> Alex
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