D9638: [effects] add 'Slide Desktops' effect

[Andres Betts]

abetts added a comment.
Restricted Application edited projects, added KWin; removed Plasma.


  In https://phabricator.kde.org/D9638#185606, @zzag wrote:
  
  > In https://phabricator.kde.org/D9638#185547, @abetts wrote:
  >
  > > What I would maybe want to add would be some sort of effect, darkening, or slight zooming in/out when moving a window from one desktop to another.
  >
  >
  > Well, I was trying to animate moving windows some time ago. It didn't work out well because `EffectsHandler` doesn't tell us when user has stopped moving a window. This leads to some inconsistencies:
  
  
  This is good to know. It doesn't look bad right now. Maybe the speed can also clue in the user of what's happening behind. That should be an easier method.
  
  > F5615875: 2018-01-03 18-43-56.mp4 <https://phabricator.kde.org/F5615875>
  > 
  > //(I move windows between desktops with `Meta + Shift + <Left/Right>`).//
  > 
  > I hold `Meta + Shift` till the end of the video. It is expected that dolphin window be translucent till the end of the video.
  > 
  > At this moment, I would prefer not to animate moving windows.
  > 
  >> Also, to make transitions even smoother, is there a way that Plasma can know the framerate that the computer is capable of?
  > 
  > If you;re about choppy animations on videos above, don't worry, that's a screen recorder issue(+I have very old laptop).

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  https://phabricator.kde.org/D9638

To: zzag, #vdg, #kwin, #plasma
Cc: abetts, ngraham, plasma-devel, kwin, iodelay, bwowk, ZrenBot, progwolff, lesliezhai, ali-mohamed, hardening, jensreuterberg, sebas, apol, mart
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