[RFC] Trigger KRunner on top screenedge

[Jacopo De Simoi]

On Wednesday 03 October 2012 13:44:06 Martin Gräßlin wrote:
> 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.
> 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.
> 
> So opinions? Should I add support for that in KWin? It's pretty trivial :-)

I am using a virtualbox on a macbook as my work/devel machine (yes, that 
hurts) and the Mac menu bar pops up every time I hit the top border with the 
mouse. I find it most irritating, since the menu bar is totally useless for 
me, but on the other hand I sometimes try to hit the top border to trigger 
krunner because I feel like “something” should happen. 

In short: i have mixed feelings about it; sorting out exceptions could prove 
to be quite difficult indeed. Let's add the feature and see how it goes. ;)

__J