[RFC] Trigger KRunner on top screenedge

[Sebastian Kügler]

On Wednesday, October 03, 2012 13:44:06 Martin Gräßlin wrote:
> just wanted some feedback on an idea I got today. What about binding the 
> showing of KRunner on hitting the top screen edge?
> 
> Given that KRunner slides in from the top edge it would end up in a neat 
> functionality, throw the cursor against the edge and down comes KRunner.
> Maybe  even centered at the cursor position?
> 
> I don't think that the top screen edge would conflict with anything else.
> When  using for quick-maximization of maximized windows the action would
> not be triggered anyway and for grabbing a maximized window to move it away
> it would not matter either as you have to push against the edge.

I often throw the mouse against the top edge to grab a max'ed window. How 
would you differentiate between "grabbing a max'ed window" and "triggering 
opening of krunner"?

> So opinions? Should I add support for that in KWin? It's pretty trivial

Support maybe, but as default that sounds too intrusive to me (and my usual 
behaviour), I might be biased though.
-- 
sebas

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