Extender theming issues.

[Aaron J. Seigo]

On Thursday 09 October 2008, Rob Scheepmaker wrote:
> The problem occurs when we would like to keep this same look when the
> extender is contained in an applet on the desktop, which is currently the

the Applets-with-extenders shown in the mockup are flawed: they do not have the 
same divider between the items (e.g. Grab and Grab 2) that they do in the 
dialogs.

moreover, i don't think it is up to the Extender to get its presentation in 
the applet correct *at all*.

it is up to the Applet that is hosting it.

if the applet will contain only the extenders, then it draws the background 
accordingly and sets the margins accordingly as well. if the applet will 
contain more than just the extenders then it won't.

this changes the problem from "how do we make it possible for Extender to 
paint itself perfectly in an Applet container generically" to "how do we make 
it easy for an Applet to embed an Extender directly into its layout and have a 
nice result".

for now, i'd be just fine with skipping that issue altogether until we have 
some actual real world examples of this in action beyond the custom internal 
extender applet, where we can afford to invest a bit of custom effort (e.g. 
setting the margins and what not "by hand" in the applet)

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Aaron J. Seigo
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