kdm-plasma question

[Shaun Reich]

>
> Quick question: have you considered making it several plasmoids?

Yes. In fact, I'm planning on it.

> For
> instance one for the username and password fields, one for the list of
> users, one for the authentication button, and one for the
> restart/shutdown/etc button?  I think allowing people to move, resize,
> and position these independently would be very handy.  It might also
> allow for different versions to be used for one widget and not for
> others (so for instance a username/password field like KDM that shows
> both at once, or like GDM that shows username then password), or for
> certain optional widgets (like the user list) to be removed entirely.
> At least in some cases it might require having the plasmoids able to
> communicate with each other, which I am not sure is possible.
>

Nothing that isn't possible with some service/engine communication, I imagine.

-- 
Shaun Reich,
KDE Developer (www.kde.org)