Display Configuration KCM design review

Aaron J. Seigo aseigo at kde.org
Wed Oct 3 22:07:50 UTC 2012


On Wednesday, October 3, 2012 11:07:52 todd rme wrote:
> 2. People have suggested a margin.  Another possibility might be a
> thicker border with some sort of bezel or gradient.  That would

this is unlikely to fix the visual issues; margins are negative space.

> 1. is there any sort of snapping? 

yes. look at the tip in the screenshots :)

> 2. Can users move the screens by small amounts using the arrow keys?

what's the use case for this?

> 3. When you move secondary screens, is there anything showing where
> the screen top-left corner in primary screen coordinates?  For example
> text in one of the corners

wouldn't that be implied by relative position of the monitors in the preview?

> 4. Are arbitrary rotations allowed, or only rotations in 90 degree
> increments?  If the latter, might it be a good idea to allow users to
> press and hold on the icon to get a dropdown list of allowed
> rotations?

most rotations are from horizontal to vertical. that's 1 click with the 2 
arrows. with a dropdown, that becomes 2 clicks + scanning a list. meh.

-- 
Aaron J. Seigo
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