On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 7:47 AM, Cyrille Berger Skott <cber...@cberger.net> wrote: > Hi, > > I have been thinking about a solution to some of our UI question/problem. The > idea I am going to propose should allow us to use the same (docker) widgets on > screens and devices of different size, with different configuration. > > == Fluid layouts > > What I am suggesting is that we have the layout and type of widget that adjust > to different size and orientation. We currently have two examples of fluid > layout, the toolbox and kspread cell editor. > > The toolbox as you may know organize the icons by groups, and try to minimize > the space used, in function of the size of the toolbox. I think it is working > quiet well (at least with the new layout code in 2.3. > > The kspread cell editor is simply switching between a vertical and a > horizontal layout. > > I had like to extend those concepts to all other dockers, for instance lets > take the new paragraph docker (which looks really nice :) ): > http://cyrille.diwi.org/tmp/calligra/words_paragraph_now.png > > Except that on a horizontal display it is losing space. It would be better if > it looks like this: > http://cyrille.diwi.org/tmp/calligra/words_paragraph_ideal.png > > But then it would fails when using on the top position. Hence the idea of > using a fluid layout. > > == Fluid widgets > Fluid widgets are widgets that change of form when their size change. For > instance lets take the styles docker, currently it looks like this: > http://cyrille.diwi.org/tmp/calligra/words_styles_full.png > > Which is rather ok if you have a lot of space on the screen, but assuming the > size you have is smaller, then it would be better to have a combobox to select > the style, like in the following mockup: > http://cyrille.diwi.org/tmp/calligra/words_styles_small.png > http://cyrille.diwi.org/tmp/calligra/words_styles_small_expanded.png > > Simillary I would see Krita's tools slider be reduced to a single button that > would popup the slider. Or if we look again at the paragraph docker, the > "allignment" buttons could merge to become a single drop down button when > there is not enough space. > > == Opinion ? > Personnaly, I think it would allow us to use the same widget on different > configuration, and different form factor. I don't know what you think ? > > I won't commit myself to do this task... Especially since I tend to do that > all too often and not have the time :) However, I would suggest that for 2.4, > the fluid layout is implemented (I am hoping that the current toolbox layout > code could be easilly adaptable as a widget layout, or at least for buttons), > I should be able to take care of that. And then for the other part, either > someone else wants to help in doing it, or I would be willing to mentor a new > developer (for instance with gsoc) on the subject. > > In any case, if you like the idea, I will go and add it to our wiki.
Might work, but I would really recommend to consult our KDE Usability team. They are the experts, and they might just have a good idea, and they are able to judge this much better than us nerds (sorry;) -- Mark Kretschmann Amarok Developer, Software Engineer at KO GmbH Fellow of the Free Software Foundation Europe http://amarok.kde.org - http://fsfe.org - http://kogmbh.com _______________________________________________ calligra-devel mailing list calligra-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/calligra-devel
