New idea for plasmoid locking and floating plasmoids.

[Gerhard Gappmeier]

Hi all,

I've a little proposal for the plasmoid locking on the desktop.

Here is the problem:
I often stumble over the same usability problem.
Normally I have my plasmoids locked, because I don't like it when this "edit-
bar" (don't know the name) appears when the mouse is hovering over a plasmoid.
But then I want to add a new plasmoid. To do that I've first to unlock the 
desktop, add the new plasmoid, move it to the correct location, and lock the 
desktop again. That could be easier.

Here is my proposal:
It would be nice if adding plasmoids would be possible even if the desktop is 
locked. After dropping a new plasmoid it should be in a kind of "floating" 
state (like when pasting in GIMP). This state allows to move this single 
plasmoid around on the locked desktop. When finishing moving, e.g. by clicking 
somewhere else on the desktop, the plasmoid should loose this "floating" state 
and is locked on the desktop at the current position like all other plasmoids.
The "floating" state could be highlighted with some "glowing border" or shadow 
to show that it is "floating".

What do you thinnk about this idea?
Is it possible to implement something like that?

regards,
Gerhard
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