[RFC] Trigger KRunner on top screenedge

[Aurélien Gâteau]

Le mercredi 3 octobre 2012 17:31:58 Martin Gräßlin a écrit :
> On Wednesday 03 October 2012 16:54:15 Aurélien Gâteau wrote:
> > Le mercredi 3 octobre 2012 13:44:06 Martin Gräßlin a écrit :
> > > Hi all,
> > > 
> > > 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.
> > 
> > Isn't it going to conflict with fullscreen apps showing a toolbar when one
> > hits the top edge (think Firefox, Okular, Gwenview...)?
> 
> we could easily exclude the behavior if there is a fullscreen window. That's
> probably something in general useful, isn't it?

Indeed it would be very good to disable active edges and corners for 
fullscreen applications: users often trigger exposé in the top-left corner 
when reaching for the left-most button of Gwenview fullscreen toolbar.

Aurélien