Review Request 119683: [Idea] Rotate popup arrow animated instead of changing element

[Kai Uwe Broulik]

> On Aug. 9, 2014, 7:06 nachm., David Edmundson wrote:
> > >It only uses arrow-top so might give issues with themes that have different arrow looks(?)
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> > Yeah, that's quite a concern. One possible solution is to only rotate if there is only a up arrow element. That might mean updating a lot more code though.
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> Martin Klapetek wrote:
>     How about rotating and fading to the other arrow at the same time? Might be quite resources consuming tho

That sounds like a great idea indeed. I will try using OpacityAnimator and RotationAnimator so it doesn't put stress on the CPU.


- Kai Uwe


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On Aug. 9, 2014, 7 nachm., Kai Uwe Broulik wrote:
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> (Updated Aug. 9, 2014, 7 nachm.)
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> Review request for Plasma.
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> Repository: plasma-workspace
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> Description
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> This is a simple patch which makes the popup arrow rotate in an animated way when opening/closing the popup instead of switching elements.
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> Diffs
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>   applets/systemtray/package/contents/ui/CompactRepresentation.qml 579dde6 
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> Diff: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/119683/diff/
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> Testing
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> Works, the arrow always rotates facing the system tray icons, ie. clockwise in a top panel and counter-clockwise in a bottom panel.
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> It only uses arrow-top so might give issues with themes that have different arrow looks(?)
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> Thanks,
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> Kai Uwe Broulik
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