Desktop containment question

[Hans Chen]

I like this idea!

Would it be possible to do this with popup applets[1] too, such as Kickoff?
Currently there are some pixels between between the left screen edge and
back button (by default) due to the border, which makes it much harder to
click (Fitt's law etc.)

Hans

[1] I'm not sure I used the right term, but I hope you understand what I
mean (widgets in a panel that doesn't show up until you click on its icon)

2009/2/4 Michael Rudolph <michael.rudolph at gmail.com>

> On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 19:50, Sebastian Kügler <sebas at kde.org> wrote:
> > On Wednesday 04 February 2009 18:41:05 Ambroz Bizjak wrote:
> >> On Wednesday 04 February 2009 18:06:15 Jamboarder wrote:
> >> > > From: Ivan Čukić <ivan.cukic at gmail.com>
> >> > > Right now, there is no possibility to place widgets so that they go
> off
> >> > > the desktop edge. If you place them like that, they pop back in when
> >> > > the widget handles disappear.
> >> > >
> >> > > The problem is not the first fact, but the pop-back-in behavior is a
> >> > > bit peculiar. Proposed solution would be not to allow widgets to
> move
> >> > > that far if they can not remain there later.
> >> >
> >> > +1
> >> >
> >> > Perhaps we could also consider reducing the current invisible boundary
> >> > near the screen edges to zero to allow widgets to sit at the edge of
> the
> >> > containment (and soak up a little of the Fitts Law goodness the panel
> >> > already benefits from).
> >>
> >> The screen edge boundary is controlled by the ScreenSpacing attribute in
> >> DesktopLayout, measured from the outer edge of the applet, which is
> >> currently set to 5 in DefaultDesktop (desktop.cpp).
> >>
> >> Allowing the border to be outside the screen seems like a good idea and
> I
> >> can implement it, but should this be the default behavior?
> >
> > It would be neat if those edges were kind of magnetic, so that applet can
> be
> > sticked to an edge, and loose their frameborder on that edge so that they
> look
> > like they're growing out of the side. We could try that, and see if it
> works
> > well enough for a default.
> > --
> > sebas
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> that sounds really neat. And if those screen edges would not only
> magnetically attract applets, but would also issue size constraints on
> docking, we'd be really close to the kind of panel, that I'd like to
> see. Of course, additionally, ... nah, I'll leave that for another
> time :-)
>
> To all those travelling to Porto, have a nice trip.
>
> michael
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