Review Request: blurred background for dashboard

[Ryan Rix]

> On 2010-06-03 18:21:32, Martin Gräßlin wrote:
> > Just a note: this makes it impossible to look at the windows below dashboard. That might sound like a strange usecase, but I use it.
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> > I would much rather like to see a dashboard effect in KWin which does the right thing (TM) for dashboard. For the dashboard we could use a blur kernel which is better suited. In case of dashboard we know that it is the top most window and we can do things as we do in logout effect.
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> Andreas Demmer wrote:
>     I discussed this with Martin in IRC a few minutes ago. I will come up with a tuned version of this.

I have use for this as well... (copying to a Notes plasmoid on my dashboard based on the window below, etc)

More specifically, I think it would be nice if this were its own KWin effect with a configuration dialog allowing the user to control the strength of the blur and the alpha used in the background as well. I sometimes find it difficult to read low contrast items with the current QColor(0,0,0,180) that is used as the background, and have wanted more than once to make it more transparent. Of course, that may be outside the scope of a kwin effect plugin. ;)


- Ryan


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On 2010-06-03 18:03:29, Andreas Demmer wrote:
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> (Updated 2010-06-03 18:03:29)
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> Review request for Plasma.
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> Summary
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> This patch adds blur to the dashboard background if compositing is enabled.
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> Diffs
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>   trunk/KDE/kdebase/workspace/plasma/desktop/shell/dashboardview.h 1133903 
>   trunk/KDE/kdebase/workspace/plasma/desktop/shell/dashboardview.cpp 1133903 
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> Diff: http://reviewboard.kde.org/r/4218/diff
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> Testing
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> Compiled, installed and opened dashboard: Blur works with KWin blur effect enabled. Normal semi-translucent background if the KWin blur plugin is not enabled. No change to the default behaviour without compositing (show wallpaper).
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> Screenshots
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> blurred dashboard
>   http://reviewboard.kde.org/r/4218/s/417/
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> Thanks,
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> Andreas
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