[RFC] Trigger KRunner on top screenedge

[Martin Gräßlin]

On Wednesday 03 October 2012 18:35:54 Aurélien Gâteau wrote:
> 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.
interesting, I would have thought the corners are fine in fullscreen and I 
tend to use it quite often ;-)

So all disable it shall be, easier to implement anyway.

Cheers
Martin
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 198 bytes
Desc: This is a digitally signed message part.
URL: <http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/plasma-devel/attachments/20121003/c2682ce5/attachment-0001.sig>