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

[Aaron J. Seigo]

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?

the item would likely increase its size vertically and pain the indicator.

> > 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.

that's fine. the items can also react to them, but then pass the event on 
unaccepted.

> I think i will stick to displaying  a bar on the insert index if there
> aren't any objections. 

this is inconsistent with how other items in the plasma desktop shell work and 
is pretty old school. you'll also run into "doesn't fit" issues in edge cases, 
and painting it in the abstract item should be perfectly feasible.

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