[4.2 Talk] Grids in panel

[Marco Martin]

On Tuesday 15 July 2008, Loïc Marteau wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I was thiking about what we have for the lock/logout plasmoid.
> We have already started to talk about what we want to have for 4.2 :
> let the user the possibility to configure it, choose the icons, the
> direction he want etc...
>
> In fact i asked me if it is not more relevant to just provide the user
> the possibility to do exactly what he want by using grids.
> So we have just to provide (correct :p) .desktop files for all the
> leaves action. However perhaps we can have a workflow problem with it
> (not sure from where the user can drag the .desktop file easily,
> perhaps by creating a dedicated "grid leave" plasmoid with a menu that
> let the user to select which leave icon he wants to add ?!)
>
> I know Sebas has started something in playground aboutgrids.
yeah, this belongs to an applet like that
maybe add the facility to select multiple applets and collapse them in a grid.
this would leave the problem that one an applet is in a grid how to get out of 
it?
wonder how woul be difficult to implement dragging of existing applets in the 
grid and out of it...

> So the topic is not just about the lock/logout plasmoid : what can we
> do for grids in panel (and in desktop) for 4.2 ?
> Here is just a proposal...
> - Let the user the possibility to put lines grids in horizontal
> panels, convert it in column grids in vertical ones
> - UI to select the number of lines he want, and the height of a line.
> - Something in the panel controller to draw the grids on the panel and
> make it reachable so the user can configure it. Draw the grid when a
> drag/ drop from another containment is comming.
i would like the decision on how many rows/columns as automatic as possible, i 
know many wouldn't like it, but...

Cheers,
Marco Martin

>
> Cheers
>
> Lo
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