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Re: new deskbar UI: msg#00066

gnome.apps.deskbar-applet

Subject: Re: new deskbar UI

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Colin Walters schrieb:
> On 8/29/07, Colin Walters <walters-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>>
>> On 8/29/07, Sebastian Pölsterl <
>> marduk-umDYa75sYuDYtjvyW6yDsg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> So, are there any plans to keep the ability to have a visible search
>>> box?
>>> There are no plans to bring back the old UIs. However, as you can see
>>> the entry is still there, but not in the panel. As I already told you I
>>> would help to make it as easy as possible for big-board to make use of
>>> the new deskbar. I already wrote a very rough sketch how that might look
>>> like (see attachment). You can then place the entry, the list of matches
>>> and the list of actions wherever you want. If that's not want you want,
>>> just tell me. I'm sure we find a solution.
>>
>> Ah, interesting! I'll have a look at this when I get into work. Thanks!
>>
>
> Ok so I had a chance to play with this and I was able to get something basic
> working, like the old Entriac style:
> http://svn.mugshot.org/bigboard/trunk/bigboard/deskbar_embed.py
> which imports:
> http://svn.mugshot.org/bigboard/trunk/bigboard/bigbar/
>
> It's kind of buggy at the moment but thankfully I have a lot of experience
> in very fiddly dynamic window popups in PyGTK since I spent a few solid days
> tweaking the completion window for Hotwire[1] a few months ago.
>
> Anyways, I'll see how things work out; thanks for the code!
>
Great! If need further assistance let me know.

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Greetings,
Sebastian Pölsterl
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