On Friday 20 November 2009 11:55:13 Gerhard Gappmeier wrote: > Hi all, > > I've a little proposal for the plasmoid locking on the desktop. > > Here is the problem: > I often stumble over the same usability problem. > Normally I have my plasmoids locked, because I don't like it when this > "edit- bar" (don't know the name) appears when the mouse is hovering over > a plasmoid. But then I want to add a new plasmoid. To do that I've first > to unlock the desktop, add the new plasmoid, move it to the correct > location, and lock the desktop again. That could be easier. > > Here is my proposal: > It would be nice if adding plasmoids would be possible even if the desktop > is locked. After dropping a new plasmoid it should be in a kind of > "floating" state (like when pasting in GIMP). This state allows to move > this single plasmoid around on the locked desktop. When finishing moving, > e.g. by clicking somewhere else on the desktop, the plasmoid should loose > this "floating" state and is locked on the desktop at the current position > like all other plasmoids. The "floating" state could be highlighted with > some "glowing border" or shadow to show that it is "floating". > > What do you thinnk about this idea? > Is it possible to implement something like that? > > regards, > Gerhard >
I would not mind this at all! Locking to avoid inadvertent changes is good. This idea would be a nice functionality for plasma. _______________________________________________ Plasma-devel mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel
