Review Request: Addition to UI for Config page "Filter" in FolderView applet to make behavior clear.

[Matthias Fuchs]

> On 2009-03-08 12:29:21, Chani wrote:
> > the patch itself looks fine, but... isn't there a way we can make the UI better so that there's no need for a tooltip at all?

One way to avoid unwanted behavior without changing the ui would be to have every file-type selected on default for "Show files matching" and having none selected for "Hide files matching".

Imo that way it would be more clear how filtering works.


- Matthias


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On 2009-03-08 09:58:46, Shantanu Tushar Jha wrote:
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> (Updated 2009-03-08 09:58:46)
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> Review request for Plasma.
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> Summary
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> This changes the UI for the configuration page "Filter" for the applet folderview. As seen in the bug 186283, files are only displayed if they match both the pattern and the MIME type. But there is no obvious indication to this behavior in the interface.
> Added a label "Can't see files?" which has a tooltip explaining the above behavior. (screenshot attached)
> Please review, and if found helpful, commit it, as I don't have a svn account.
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> This addresses bug 186283.
>     https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=186283
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> Diffs
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>   trunk/KDE/kdebase/apps/plasma/applets/folderview/folderviewFilterConfig.ui 936718 
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> Diff: http://reviewboard.kde.org/r/262/diff
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> Testing
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> On latest svn trunk build.
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> Screenshots
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> Filter config page
>   http://reviewboard.kde.org/r/262/s/52/
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> Thanks,
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> Shantanu
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