[4.2 Talk] Grids in panel

[Loïc Marteau]

2008/7/15 Aaron J. Seigo <aseigo at kde.org>:
> On Tuesday 15 July 2008, Loïc Marteau wrote:
>> 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.
>
> i believe this was already discussed on the mailing list?
>

Yep !

> the question is, which is easier on the user:
>
> * make the lock/logout applet configurable
>
> * provide one applet per leave action
>
> for the use case of "show the lock and logout icons next to each other", if
> you go through all the steps necessary in each scenario it is quicker/easier
> to make the lock/logout applet configurable in this case. it's even more so if
> one considers "show the lock and shutdown icons" due to Lock and Shutdown
> being separated more in the Applet Browser window right now (though Applet
> Browser could probably be made easier to browse through)
>

Totally agree with this, it is why i talked about a dedicated "leaves
icon grid plasmoid" based on what we can do for grids in panel with a
specific right click menu who let the user add any of the leaves icon.

Cheers