Thanks for taking the time! See my responses below. Am Sonntag, 4. September 2011, 14:48:24 schrieb P Purkayastha: > On Sunday, September 4, 2011 6:26:04 PM UTC+8, Alex Baer wrote: [...] > > > > 1. Menu configuration > > There's a choice between "Enlightenment" and "KMenuEdit". What's the use > > of > > > > the latter? The effect is, that the applications menu is completely > > empty. Is > > that the correct/intended behaviour? > > The "Enlightenment" menu is simply a menu file which includes kde, gnome, > etc. menu files (if they are present in your system). You should just use > whatever gives you a complete Applications menu on left-click at desktop.
That's what I did, I just wonder what the other option is good for, and why it is calle "Kmenuedit". The name suggests that one could use the KDE menu editor to edit the E17 menu, but this doesn't seem to work.... > > 3. Window opening and closing in the config dialog > > > When I change setttings I click on options or categories and a dialog > > opens. > > to close the window I have to explicitly click on its "Close" (or > > "Schließen") > > button. In other DEs I can click a second time on the options that opened > > the > > window, to close it. I find this comfortable, as I don't have to move the > > mouse > > to an (accidentally) opened window. > > Are there any plans to add this comfortable functionality to E17? I can > > only > > speak for myself, but I'd appreciate it. > > Not sure what you mean here. I have kde system settings and it is one > monolithic configuration window. I mean, that you have to move the mouse to the sub-window and click on the "Close" button. In other DEs a second click on the button that opened the sub- window closes it. No need to move the mouse across half the screen, first, there. E. g., you open the settings editor. Then you click on "Appearance" and then "Composite". The dialog for composite opens. In order to close it, you have to move the mouse to the dialog and click on "Close". In other DEs you could alternatively click a second time on "Composite" in the main menu. What is more, clicking multiple times on an option in the main menu in E17 doesn't open and close the respective dialag, but in some places opens multiple instances of the dialog, which is less than useful for a settings dialog, most of the time, I think.... > > > 4. Setup dialog windows should not be hidden > > Clicking on an option in the main window after maximizing it opens a > > window > > > > for the selected settings dialog. Clicking again on the main window, it > > goes > > to the foreground, and to get the dialog window back, I first have to > > resize > > the main window and then click on the dialog window. > > As there are so many setting options for window behaviour and appearance, > > I > > > > guess, this behaviour can be changed. But what would be the right setting > > options? I am at the same time confident that this can be changed and > > lost because of the sheer multitude of configuration options... ;) > > Can't you Alt-Tab to get to the dialog window? That was too simple... ;) > > > 5. Menu opening effect > > Sorry, I don't know how to describe this better in English, but I try my > > best. > > Clicking with left mouse button the desktop background opens the root > > menu. > > > > But it isn't just there. It is "blended" in, avoiding harsh contrast. The > > effect is initially visually appealing, but after a while I find it a bit > > too > > much. (Where) can I turn this effect off? > > Weird. Maybe you can check if you are using the composite module, and if > so, change the style of menus. Alternatively, you could try a different > theme. Without composite it's better, but then all other things Composite does, are gone, too. No way to configure this individually? > > > 6. Sub-menu not completely shown when on the border of a workspace > > When I move the mouse close to the right border of my workspace and click > > with > > the left mouse button, the root menu opens up. When I then click on one > > of its > > entries, the respective sub-menu is opened, e. g. applications. But only > > part > > of the menu is visible. To see the complete sub-menu, I have to move the > > mouse > > farther to the right. Then the menu and the sub-menu are moved towards > > the centre of the screen. This works, and is, again, visually appealing. > > However, I still find it more comfortable and simply faster the way it's > > done > > in KDE: If there is not enough space for the sub-menu on the right side > > of the > > root menu, the sub-menu is opened left of the root menu. > > Is there a way to get this behaviour in E17, too? > > For me it is exactly the opposite. I like the way e17 treats submenus. So, > irrespective of *where* I open my submenu, I always need to move right to > the menu item I want. I don't need to think of where the submenu is going > to pop up next depending on whether I am on the right edge or left edge of > the desktop. > > I find the rearrangement of submenus/menus feature in other desktops very > clumsy. Understood and accepted. Maybe it could be made configurable in some future release, because unsurprisingly different users obviously have different preferences ... ;) Alex ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer -- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! And you'll get a free "Love Thy Logs" t-shirt when you download Logger. Secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsisghtdev2dev _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
