> > ---------- Messaggio inoltrato ---------- > From: Yuen Hoe Lim <yuenho...@gmail.com> > To: plasma-devel <plasma-devel@kde.org> > Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:49:52 +0800 > Subject: PlasMate ~ UI and other stuff > Hi, > > Haven't heard from you (plasmate) guys for awhile, guess you guys are busy > :) Anyway, just like some input here. As per the quick discussion the other > day, I recently had the editor component tree widget separated out into a > new dock widget, so it no longer gets replaced by the katepart that gets > loaded when you click a file. I've been toying around with the layout and > dockwidget positionings since - and I can't help thinking that, with the > addition of this new dockwidget, the whole UI has become awfully cluttered. > This is about the best layout I can come up with atm: > > http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn91/yuenhoe/plasmateclutter.jpg > > I think the main problem now is that there are too many 'vertical' > dockwidgets - the timeline, the sidebar, and now the editor tree. Vertical > dockwidgets only fit naturally on the left/right dockareas, but having three > of them there, plus the mainwidget in the center, really makes the thing > so... layered, and crowded. Not to mention virtually unusable on a small > screen. > > Some possible ways around it: > > - Make one (or more) of the 'vertical' dockwidgets 'horizontal' so that > we can fit it snugly on the top dockarea instead. I think the editor tree > has to stay vertical, so it'd have to be either the sidebar actions menu or > the timeline widget, both of which I'm loathe to touch without first > consulting with you all :) Those two are now QListWidget derivatives, and > it > doesn't look like there's an easy way to 'horizontalize' them without > rewriting quite abit of code. > > Yup, I'm currently working on it in order to replace QListWidget with a more flexible QTableModel ( and the same for the Workflow sidebar ); currently I'm busy because I'm writing a presentation for the LinxDay, so be patient =) As regarding the directory tree dock widget, what about setting a QTableWidget as PlasMate central widget and inserting it as first widget? We could also insert a new tab for each file the user wants to edit, so we can have multiple files editing for free :)
> - The old mockups: > > http://skitch.com/michaelrudolph/ba3j9/plasmate-editor2 > http://skitch.com/michaelrudolph/ba3cg/plasmate-editor-timeline > > suggested an interesting 'overlay' effect for the timeline - and also > that the timeline be hidden all the time until a button at the bottom is > clicked. > > Yeah, I love this concept because describes perfectly how should work: hidden when its not needed, and displayed with a fancy graphics when we need to provide information/perform new actions ;) > > - I dunno... ideas? > > Also, it seems like alot of stuff with PlasMate is currently 'hanging'. The > timeline seems to work nicely, but what's gonna happen with the missing > publish widget and documentation widget? I've been spending my free time > hacking away at the editor and previewer and there are certainly plenty more > work needed with those two but I was just wondering about the larger view of > the project, since no one seems to be paying much attention to it at the > moment :) > > ---- > Jason "moofang" Lim Yuen Hoe > http://yuenhoe.co.cc/ >
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