Help needed - Discussion concerning panels

[Michail Vourlakos]

> the panel can expose a size hint, but it's the user that decides what is the
> wiggle room of it.
> if on the panel controller you put with the handles a very small minimum size
> and a big maximum size, then the panel should be able to resize itself within
> those limits
Let's say that the panel is at the bottom... I centered the panel and I 
used the handles
to go the minimum to the lowest and maximum at the edges of the screen.
For the root item in main.qml I used:

implicitWidth:300
Layout.minimumWidth: 300

but the panel does not grow its width...

In that case, that the panel is at the bottom, is it possible to adjust 
the height
of the panel or is only the user's setting? In my case because of the 
zoom effect
for the icons I would like theheight of the panel to be normal and when 
the animation
starts to grow its height.

> no, not for panel containments, i would not be sure how to make a normal config
> dialog available
this isnt a necessity if it is possible next to the default 
configuration that is shown
for the panel I could also shown my own for the settings needed. Is this 
possible?
How a new-implemented panel can show its own configurations?


> this should be added into plasmashell, and may be a good idea
> (would just be by setting plasmoid.backgroundHints to none)
> I would like to try to add that, but should be a Plasma 5.9 feature i think
>
time is not essential for this... whenever you manage to add this we
will thank you! :)


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concerning this development choice of implementing Now Dock as a panel 
instead of
a plasmoid I cant see any benefits yet... Am I wrong?
   Pros that do not meet:
1. I was hoping that I could at least set the height of the panel based 
on the visuals needs
   Pros that will be met:
1. enable transparency for the panel without changing the workspace theme

   Cons in question:
1. The user preferences how can be implemented in a panel environment (???)


Thanks a lot!!!

regards,
michail