[Bug 158896] New: Mouse-Over effect on plasma widgets for configuration should not appear by default.

[Bert Speckels]

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http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158896         
           Summary: Mouse-Over effect on plasma widgets for configuration
                    should not appear by default.
           Product: plasma
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: SuSE RPMs
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: panel-devel kde org
        ReportedBy: bert speckels de


Version:            (using KDE 4.0.2)
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs

The plasma desktop doesn't feel "solid" when it contains widgets:

When hovering the mouse over a plasma desktop widget a background-frame appears (mouse-over-effect) containing some configuration icons for that widget. In fact, you can move the widget by a single click-and-drag action.

I think that is unconfortable and annoying, especially for widgets like the application icons, the clock or picture frames.  They should be part of the desktop background and only a click on the right mouse-button or a special key plus a mouse-over/click should make configuration issues for the widget visible.

We should differ between CONFIGURATION and FUNCTION: 
Configuration issues (like moving, preferences, etc.) should be hidden by default so that moving and clicking the mouse over widgets will not show any effect but funtionality. Functional issues of  widgets (like starting an application, logging off, etc.) should be the only action that can be done with widgets by default.

Solution: 
We need at least the option to make the widget "solid" if the user is happy with position, size, rotation and configuration of the widget.

To go a step further: 
This should be done for all “objects” on the desktop/panel or whatever. Configuration could only be done by a special “configuration-key/mouse-action”. Moving, resizing and such things should never haben accidently by a normal user!