Runners KCM

[Thomas Pfeiffer]

On Friday 04 July 2014 13:08:07 Andres Silva wrote:
> Thomas Pfeiffer wrote:
> > On Friday 04 July 2014 12:14:19 Andres Silva wrote:
> >> Here you go!
> >> 
> >> https://www.dropbox.com/s/jx93ffrpsfl1ap4/SystemSettings-SearchConfigurat
> >> ion .png
> >> 
> >> I thought of all the extra buttons that each plugin has and I thought
> >> that it needed to be trimmed and organized a bit. The current selection
> >> shows icons next to each item, whereas this design does not. However, I
> >> can see that being there, just not the current icons since they are from
> >> another era. I hope the idea here is understood.
> > 
> > Awesome as always!
> > One thing I was thinking of: Would it make sense to just show the config
> > icons when hovering over a plugin (like Plasma-NM does with connections)?
> > That could allow us to show even multiple icons per plugin without
> > cluttering the UI.
> > 
> > The user interface options won't be there for now, if I understood the
> > other mails in this thread correctly.
> > 
> > However, Vishesh would also like to put the configuration of the shortcut
> > for KRunner in the KCM (which makes sense to me). Could you include that
> > in your mockup, too? That would be great!
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> 
> My impression is that it would not work. For the reason that the plugins
> on the search are vast and configurable. You would have to provide a
> very unique icon to represent each plugin. In my opinion the plugin
> name, description, icon adds to one kind of identity that you can't have
> with only icons. Plus hover/discover is not very clear cut IMHO. The
> idea of concealing icons and then adding a hover action to reveal more
> controls adds a complexity to the list that probably is too much already
> for what the list does.

I'm not sure if we're talking about the same thing here ;)
I wasn't suggesting to replace the name and description with an icon. I was 
just concerned that if we get many configurable plugins at some point, the 
second column would be full of cogwheels and might feel heavy. If we show the 
cogwheel only for the plugin the cursor is currently hovering over, it might 
feel lighter.
And I don't find that pattern problematic in the Network Manager Plasmoid.

As long as not many plugins are configurable, always showing the cogwheel for 
those which are should be fine, though.