New idea for plasmoid locking and floating plasmoids.

[David Baron]

On Friday 20 November 2009 11:55:13 Gerhard Gappmeier wrote:
> 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
> 

I would not mind this at all! Locking to avoid inadvertent changes is good. 
This idea would be a nice functionality for plasma.