How to display the insert index when sorting manually (Tasks applet)

[Marco Martin]

On Monday 16 March 2009, Christian Mollekopf wrote:
> On Monday 16 March 2009 18:14:33 Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> > On Sunday 15 March 2009, Christian Mollekopf wrote:
> > > Therefore i suggest using a cursor like bar to display the insert
> > > index.
> >
> > probably much easier would be to simply adjust the drawing of the item
> > itself rather than inserting a whole new item and managing the layout
> > issues.
> >
> > so if this is a "regular" item:
> >
> > [ icon title ]
> >
> > a spacer drop would be:
> >
> > [ ] [icontitle]
>
> But how would this look with a vertical taskbar?
abstracttaskitem would have to be aware of the orientation and color the 
proper border..
> > the layout would still see it as one item because, well, it would be.
> >
> > the beauty of this approach is:
> >
> > * you don't need to coordinate multiple items, each AbstractTaskItem just
> > handles its own dragEnter/dragHover/dragLeave events
> >
> > * the layout is completely uninvolved in the process
>
> Currently the whole logic is in taskGroupItem, so only expanded tasks
> accept the drag*events.
>
> I think i will stick to displaying  a bar on the insert index if there
> aren't any objections. It's easy enough to implement, looks neat, and is
> the best from the usability pov as i think.
> If you need an example how such a bar could look, have a look at opera's
> tab sorting (I will make a fancier one than plain black, of course =).
>
> Regards,
>
> Christian
>
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