Hi all, I'm currently working on adding manual panel hiding to the plasma dektop panel. ( https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158556 for more info.)
Progress has gone quite well, here are a few screens (cut and combined into one file): http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/5606/manualpanel2.png I am now trying to get the buttons not to cover the contents on the panel (I am implementing the hiding in panelview.cpp in case that is of interest). Using containment()->setContentsMargins(...) I can successfully set the area in which the applets on the panel can be drawn, meaning the problem is almost solved, however the toolbox/cashew seems to ignore these constraints, i.e. displays itself right at the end of the panel, with only the other content on the panel being shifted by the desired amount. I was wondering what the best method of dealing with this problem would be? One possibility I am thinking of is, in the Plasma::Containment class, adding a method returning the toolbox, as to allow modifying of its contentMargins. Is this acceptable, or are there any better approaches to shifting the cashew? Also, I have built in an automatic system for determining where to place hiding buttons: If a panel is only connected to one side of the screen, then the hiding button will be displayed at that side, if it is connected to or neither, then I was thinking it should show two buttons, although Aaron Seigo suggested having only one (Do most people only use one side -- if so which? I use both, with more emphasis on the left...). Does anyone have further thoughts on this? Lastly, I have set up that when the panel height decreases below 25px, the buttons increase their width, giving a fat button, much like in Gnome. I have noticed that below a certain panel height, the applets bottom section gets pushed below the bottom edge of the screen (or top above the top of the screen when at the top etc.), however copying this for the hiding complicates button placement considerably (as well as making it look silly), so at the moment it just resizes with the panel. Would this be the best approach? -- Andrzej JR Hunt -- andrzej (at) ahunt.org _______________________________________________ Plasma-devel mailing list Plasma-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel
