D11071: [RFC] [Active Window Control] Allow global menu be left alligned with buttons on right

[Martin Kostolný]

martinkostolny added a comment.


  Thanks for taking the time to think about this.
  
  The number of settings (and their inconsistencies) are actually a big pain of this project. I'd like to rework it from the ground up. So if I may, I'd like to postpone your patch. When I'm finished with the planned rework I'll definitely add your use-case into account.
  
  I'd actually like to present my point of view here so we can discuss if it is a good idea or not:
  
  I'm proposing to have a bunch of standalone items with some common placement settings. The items are:
  
  - icon
  - text
  - window buttons
  - appmenu
  
  Mentioned items would be placeable by drag-drop in settings like window buttons are already.
  
  Each item would have following settings in common:
  
  - occupying | floating
  - horizontal alignment: left | right
  
  Window text and appmenu would additionally have:
  
  - fill width
  - fill height (default: true)
  
  Appmenu and buttons would additionaly have:
  
  - height
  - vertical alignment: top | bottom | center
  - hide on mouse out
  
  Of course there will still be specific settings for the items like window title eliding etc.
  
  I also plan to create some presets like:
  
  1. Unity (Ubuntu style)
  2. Thick (thick panel with floating and disappearing menu and buttons over icon and title)
  3. One Liner (from the left: buttons, icon, window text, appmenu)
  
  Any opinions are appreciated :).

REPOSITORY
  R884 Active Window Control Applet for Plasma

REVISION DETAIL
  https://phabricator.kde.org/D11071

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