[PATCH] fade out panel in desktopgrid

[Lubos Lunak]

On Sunday 08 of February 2009, Sebastian Kügler wrote:
> Hey kwinners,
>
> Apparently, we've had complaints that the panel shown on the desktopgrid is
> the same for all virtual desktops, even when configured to only show
> windows from the current virtual desktops. As we have only one panel which
> is shown for all virtual desktops and we just change that panel based on
> current virtual desktops, it's not easy to solve.

 It is the same problem like with wallpaper-per-desktop. Both could be 
implemented by having Plasma provide one window per desktop, and additionally 
the taskbar would have to specially handle the case when its visible but not 
on the active desktop. It's a question if it's worth the effort.

> The attached patch hides this issue by simply fading out the panel when the
> desktopgrid is activated and fades it back in when the you zoom into a
> desktop.
>
> OK to commit?

 We talked shortly about it on IRC and we don't like it. Other effects like 
the cube would have to be modified too and having the panel hidden would look 
worse than just having it slightly incorrect. DesktopGrid is still only an 
effect and not the real desktop (e.g. clicking doesn't work normally either), 
so we consider to be better this way.

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