Runners KCM

[Andres Silva]

Thomas Pfeiffer wrote:
> 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.
>
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I see what you mean. IDK honestly. I think I would have to see that 
effect live to get an idea about it. Not all plasma search plugins are 
configurable so I am not sure how crammed they would be in there.