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http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=155615
Summary: distribution list editor dynamically (over-)resizes
kontact
Product: kontact
Version: 1.2.4
Platform: Ubuntu Packages
OS/Version: Linux
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: general
AssignedTo: kdepim-bugs kde org
ReportedBy: gab g4b org
Version: 1.2.4 (using KDE KDE 3.5.8)
Installed from: Ubuntu Packages
concerns kontact / adressbook
My display size is 1024x768
I have very small icons and try to give kontact as much space as possible.
maximized window.
using latest kubuntu packages 7.10
With compiz / emerald:
When opening the distribution list editor, whole kontact window is resized at
each click. (back and forth!) no matter "where i click".
everything jumps around horizontally by 20 pixels or something, making it very
hard to close the distribution editor afterwards (since things you click on,
even the main menu, are "shifted" after clicking them) and the whole thing is
virtually unusable.
without compiz / with kwin:
the kontact window is resized but doesnt "jump around". even then, the big
buttons in the interface widen the whole window to oversizes. also the
distriblist editor is not dynamically resizable even without the urge of being
so big, because of the buttons of it.
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even without the jumping behaviour in compiz the designed integration of the
distribution editor makes the whole interface very clumsy, since it cant be
dynamically resized.
I propose two solutions for workaround:
first, create a toolbar out of the used buttons in the editor, which would make
resizing possible and wouldnt oversize kontact window
second, show distribution lists in the list/treeview together with contacts,
and the detail of the list instead the "detail view" of contacts, this would
keep the interface very clean. drag and drop of "secondary emails" out of the
detail view still would be possible by dragging them onto the distrib.list in
the listview.
contacts and non contacts can be distinguished by their icon in the listview
or by filters.
since i think, the second proposal could need some attention (but is secondary
in this bugreport), i will prepare a mockup on kde-apps, after i tested kontact
on kde4.
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