Detecting when PopupApplet is iconified

[Sebastian Kügler]

On Thursday 18 March 2010 15:35:47 Rob Hasselbaum wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Sebastian Kügler <sebas at kde.org> wrote:
> > On Thursday 18 March 2010 14:32:07 Rob Hasselbaum wrote:
> > > Hi all. How can I tell if a PopupApplet is iconified and therefore not
> > > displaying its content? I was hoping I could override popupEvent and/or
> > > check isPopupShowing, but that approach doesn't work if the applet was
> > > added to the desktop instead of a panel. I'm guessing I should look at
> > 
> > the
> > 
> > > applet's containment, but what property or properties should I check?
> > 
> > This looks like what you're looking for:
> > 
> > bool Plasma::PopupApplet::isPopupShowing()    const [virtual]
> 
> Unfortunately, no, because that returns false when the applet is placed on
> the desktop. So it doesn't help me distinguish between "visible because
> it's on the desktop" versus "visible because it's popped up". And
> isVisible() returns true even when it's an icon, so that doesn't help
> either.

You can, because you can find out if it's on the desktop by calling formFactor().
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sebas

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