a more dynamic Applet::formFactor()

[Aaron J. Seigo]

On Saturday, September 25, 2010, Giulio Camuffo wrote:
> > i'm not sure formfactors should be freely assigned, they are born as the
> > containment formfactor.
> > in your case it should be the containment that is Horizontal i think
> > (even fixing horizontal regardless of the location, so even in the
> > desktop)
> 
> But if i put an applet directly on the desktop, outside any group, the
> right formfactor is Planar.
> It is true that popup applets expand even on Horizontal or vertical form
> factors, but setting the desktop form factor to horizontal seems to me a
> bit like a workaround.

i think that's because you are confusing formFactor for "it means it's a 
panel" or "it means it's a desktop". it doesn't. formFactor refers to how 
things are arranged, regardless of where the containment is in the host 
application shell.

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