[Bug 166505] plasmoid handles: show full frame around, not only one-sided rectangle

[Maciej Pilichowski]

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------- Additional Comments From bluedzins wp pl  2008-07-14 14:09 -------
> - visual aspect when user is on a plasmoid like folderview and don't need to
> configure it. The configuration of a plasmoid is not the only thing user do
> with it. 

This "controversy" is due to unclear statement what is the purpose/difference between locked and unlocked mode. 

I can speak of course here for myself but I will use unlocked mode to configure KDE, lock for using it. So for every user with such workflow there will be no visual impact (negative I mean) when using plasmoid.

> About the visual aspect i think than the new applet handle is much better. 

I cannot agree -- the plasmoid are not rectangular, and handles too. So plasmoids with handle does not look like one piece. Handles sometimes are longer, sometimes are shorter (reason unknown) than plasmoid.

So just from visual perspective for me it is downgrade.

> There is no more lag and the user can catch the handle more easily than with
> the old one. 

I am not discussing timeouts, and such stuff. Those are unrelated issues, you can have old behaviour with rectangle handle and new behaviour with frame handle.

> I think the idea to have the handle draw with 4 borders is not relevant
> because of visual aspect and i think than there is any usability advantage
> to have it like the old one because the border who doesn't contains icon
> ware too tiny to be catchable. 

? Non-existent border is even harder to catch.

> For the moment, the only case we have like this is with the clock applet,
> which is draggable by itself...   

Yes, now, I know the clock. In future this problem will just increase or users/developers won't make anything except rectangular plasmoid because any other shape will not fit into KDE.

Why not provide solution that will last longer than "for the moment"?

Frame provides rock solid interaction with any plasmoid you can think of, and while not solves the problem of handle "slipperness" it adds some margin for error.