2010/12/20 Aurélien Gâteau <agat...@kde.org>: > On 19/12/2010 14:30, Mark Kretschmann wrote: >> 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 > [snip] > > If you are interested, Gwenview uses a fluid layout to organize filters. > If you add a bunch of filters in browse mode (look for the "Add Filter" > button in the statusbar) they align themselves horizontally until they > fill the whole width. At this point another row is created. > > This is not my code, I copied a class called FlowLayout from Qt examples: > > http://doc.qt.nokia.com/4.7/layouts-flowlayout.html > > I think it could be a nice addition to kdelibs or to Qt itself.
Yes, especially that kexi also has it implemented (and extended?) since 2007, and the layouts-flowlayout was the inspiration :) > >>> == Fluid widgets > [snip] > > Sounds good to me. > >>> == 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;) > > While I don't think fluid layouts and widgets are the definitive answer > to fit traditional user interfaces on space-constrained devices (I think > at some point one can't escape re-designing interface to accommodate the > constraints), it sure can help a lot. > > As a resident nerd from kde-usability ML :), I like this idea. > > Aurélien > _______________________________________________ > calligra-devel mailing list > calligra-devel@kde.org > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/calligra-devel > -- regards / pozdrawiam, Jaroslaw Staniek http://www.linkedin.com/in/jstaniek Kexi & Calligra (kexi-project.org, identi.ca/kexi, calligra-suite.org) KDE Software Development Platform on MS Windows (windows.kde.org) _______________________________________________ calligra-devel mailing list calligra-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/calligra-devel
