Some help for recreating the Plasma Tool Box in QML

[Mark]

On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Aaron J. Seigo <aseigo at kde.org> wrote:

> On Tuesday, October 25, 2011 14:10:54 Mark wrote:
> > - The tool box icon in the panel can be clicked -- where is that code
> > hidden? --
>
> kde-workspace/plasma/desktop/shell/toolbox/paneltoobox.*
>
> which really should be in desktop/toolboxes imo, and not in with the shell.
> i'll fix that right now and then they will be in:
>
> kde-workspace/plasma/desktop/toolboxes/paneltoobox.*
>

Oke. Just wondering if you could explain why..? I have no clue why one is
either good or bad :p

>
> > - Once it's clicked it should open up a qml file... How do i do that
> inside
> > the existing codebase?
>
> this code is in desktop/shell/ in the PanelView and PanelController
> classes.
>
> in PanelView, it connects to the containment this way:
>
>    connect(containment, SIGNAL(toolBoxToggled()), this,
> SLOT(togglePanelController()));
>
> so when the containment says its toolbox was toggled (e.g. when clicked)
> then
> PanelVIew::togglePanelController runs which shows a PanelController.
> PanelController is what would get replaced by your QML.
>

Awesome! That certainly gets me started,

>
> > That's about it. If i know that (specially the last one) then i can start
> > hacking my way ^_^
>
> cool :) if you have any further questions as you go, just ask!
>

Ohh i will ^_-

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