2010/3/29 Aaron J. Seigo <ase...@kde.org> > On March 28, 2010, you wrote: > > My name is Ivan, I'd like to improve global Mac-OS style menu bar as my > > GSoC project. > > Can you please point me to the development code of it? > > How does it corellate with XBar plasmoid? > > there is a fairly old start to such a plasmoid in: > > /trunk/playground/base/plasma/applets/menubar/ > > it has no relation to the xbar plasmoid, which only works with bespin. > > done "right", i think what really ought to happen is this: > > * add a "global menubar" option to the Desktop -> Workspace control panel > in > system settings > > * create a Plasma::Containment of type Panel for the menubar; it would be > much > like the current Panel containment, but it would have the implementation of > the menubar directly inside it, and it would arrange other plasmoids around > it. this means that the menubar itself wouldn't be so much a separate > plasmoid > as it would a Plasma::Contaiment. this would go into > kdebase/workspace/plasma/desktop/containments/. > > * add a specialization of PanelView in plasma-desktop > (kdebase/workspace/plasma/desktop/shell/) that is created when that > configuration option is selected. it would instantiate the menubar > contaiment > and have a number of unique options: it would not be repositionable from > the > top of the screen, it would not be resizeable (always the height of the > menubar) and it would not be directly removable (system settings would > control > it) > > * that means that some modifications to PanelController would be needed > (though pretty minor) to turn off height and other such features as needed > > if you wish to discuss this further, we can do so on plasma-devel@kde.org > (CC'd on this email). > > hth. > > -- > Aaron J. Seigo > humru othro a kohnu se > GPG Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 B1EA EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 DB43 > > KDE core developer sponsored by Qt Development Frameworks >
Thank you for a very informative reply. I'll take some time examining code and refining the project ideas. Best regards, Ivan Ruchkin
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