On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Ingomar Wesp <ingo...@wesp.name> wrote: > Hi, > > Before I submit a corresponding patch, I'd like to ask for feedback on the > following proposal for the quicklaunch applet: > > Currently, icons are arranged in column major order. Thus, when 5 icons are > displayed in two rows, the indices are distributed as follows: > > +---+---+---+ > | 0 | 2 | 4 | > +---+---+---+ > | 1 | 3 | > +---+---+ > > I would suggest to arrange icons in row major order instead: > > +---+---+---+ > | 0 | 1 | 2 | > +---+---+---+ > | 3 | 4 | > +---+---+ > > Pros: The ordering seems more natural to me (maybe because it's similar to the > flow of text) and would also be consistent with the ordering of items in the > task bar. > > Cons: Users who currently use the quicklaunch applet with multiple rows will > have the order of their icons changed. They would have to re-arrange the icons > (once) in order to get the sequence they are used to. > > Please tell me what you think. > > If the idea is accepted, I will submit a review request for the implementation > of the change soon.
+1 I always found the current way of doing it confusing. -Todd _______________________________________________ Plasma-devel mailing list Plasma-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel
