D7087: WIP: Add menu with "Copy to Clipboard" to the About System module

[gregormi]

gregormi added a comment.


  In https://phabricator.kde.org/D7087#131726, @sebas wrote:
  
  > In https://phabricator.kde.org/D7087#131719, @gregormi wrote:
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  > > In https://phabricator.kde.org/D7087#131708, @elvisangelaccio wrote:
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  > > > Why not just a "Copy to clipboard" button (without a menu)?
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  > The current button / menu looks out of place to me, like it was just randomly put there. I am not sure what would look better, perhaps there's a HIG for this, otherwise, I think this needs input from a UI designer. Just "dumping" a button in there makes it look too random and unpolished.
  
  
  Yes, input is appreciated.
  
  > How about making the text selectable so it can be copied and being done with it?
  
  I thought so, too. Three thoughts:
  
  1. If one uses a simple readonly text box, then the current formatting could not be kept.
  2. One could do it like in the dolphin address bar. If the user clicks somewhere on the text, the view changes and the text becomes copyable. This option seems overly complex to implement to me but maybe the most intuitive option.
  3. Use a HTML view where selecting text should be possible?
  
  >> I thought that might look too obstrusive for those who just what to see the version without a copy intent.
  >> 
  >>> I see that you are adding also the "About KDE" action in the menu, but that action is already in the Help menu from the toolbar. What's the point of adding it twice?
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  >> Yes, the "About KDE" is already in the help menu of KInfoCenter. I thought about the situation when the "About System" module is started stand-alone (e.g. when you enter "About" in KRunner then "About System" is proposed).
  > 
  > That would in principle mean to copy every bit of information in kinfocenter to its individual modules. Let's not do that.
  
  Only the important parts :)
  
  >> In general, I would find it helpful if there was a menu item that opens KInfoCenter; but only if "About System" is shown stand-alone. I don't know how to determine if a system setting module is started stand-alone.
  
  Many users (including me and - reading his last comment - apparently Elivis, too :-)) are not aware of the KCM module structure. I would like to find a way to show the user that if a stand-alone module is open that it can be part of something bigger with more options and features to discover. (A similar example is the "System Activity" which can also be part of KSysGuard; see https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/128854/).

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