https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=417424
--- Comment #47 from gust...@angulosolido.pt --- (In reply to Nate Graham from comment #46) > (In reply to gustavo from comment #45) > > > However we can't re-add the GUI for widget > > > locking because it conceptually conflicts with the new global edit mode; > > > the > > > latter was meant to replace the former such that having both visible in > > > the > > > UI doesn't really make sense. > > > > Well, can you make the current Customize Layout / Finish Customizing Layout > > also lock / unlock ? > Hmm, that's easily possible. However this would introduce UI changes in that > by default, you would not be able to replace panel widgets with alternative > ones or add new panel widgets without entering the global edit mode. One of > the reasons why we didn't do this before was a hesitancy to hide the widget > features and editability that's at the core of Plasma so much. But maybe We love how configurable it is because one can fully customize the user experience, which is what we do. My comments are towards enjoying the detailed configurability to optimize user experience and protecting that configuration when necessary also to optimize user experience. > that's reasonable and these implementation details are too close to the > surface at the moment. > > However arguably your proposal is conceptually correct: in edit mode, you'd > be able to add, swap, or remove widgets. Outside of edit mode, you can't. > That's a nice simple separation between the modes. > > On the other hand, if we did this, we would want to make entering the global > edit mode also automatically enter panel edit mode too, or else there would > be an inconsistency: entering global edit mode would make everything on the > desktop editable immediately, but the panel would not be similarly editable > without a second operation (the "Edit Panel" context menu item). Why should > panel widgets have more "protection" than desktop widgets? If in doubt I would prefer charging users who want to perform a change with an extra click rather than saving a click to users who are not sure what they are doing. That said, if you prefer to auomatically enter "panel edit mode" from clicking on the Customize Layout menu item, it would still be an improvement over the current situation - at least there would be a global place to enter/leave configuration mode that includes visual feedback from top and bottom (see screenshot) in relation to what is going on. > > I feel like this needs some discussion with the Plasma and VDG teams. I will > bring it up. Thank you for considering the proposal. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
