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diff --git a/kicker/TODO b/kicker/TODO new file mode 100644 index 000000000..cf43fa146 --- /dev/null +++ b/kicker/TODO @@ -0,0 +1,119 @@ +Here are the top things that need to be or are being worked on in Kicker. +They are rated as to expected difficulty, from one to five stars. +They are also rated as to desirability, from one to five plusses. + +Issues Of Import +---------------- +Layout management + autoexpending panels on the same side of the screen need to stop expanding + at the point they run into each other. + make autohiding panels respect layout geometry too? e.g. don't overlap + autounhiding panels should not obscure other panels +ContainerArea completness + doesn't autoscroll when moving a container + doesn't add items near the mouse even position +Bring some standardization to how the various plugins are handled +Allow menubar == mainpanel +Move more of the buttons/ classes into menuext/ +Move appropriate applets into menuext/ +revisit libtaskbar and libtaskmanager + coordinate with kasbar authors + add support for composite +revisit DCOP interface + remove old/nonsensical calls + extend with calls to: + retrieve a panel dcop ref + hide/unhide + ... ? +libkicker + document functions + namespace it all (KickerLib?) + prep for binary compat + move + Panner -> core/ + does taskbar really need to use Panner? + rename + global.h/cpp -> util.h/cpp + add: + ServiceMenu? + PanelDrag? + KPanelExtension + KPanelApplet + allow usage of KickerTip + ExtensionSettings + ExtensionButton + poor name =/ + shouldn't be so menu-centric either +Optimize! + hiding: it seems there are more geometry calls made than really needed + get rid of movies (which nobody really uses) in PanelButton +Code clean ups + remove pseudo transparency in favour of composite + means handling composite properly, e.g. just the background and not + the actual icons, text, etc. + flatten the PanelExtension -> ContainerArea -> ContainerAreaLayout + hierarchy. perhaps merge PanelExtension and ContainerArea? + get rid of the insane number of classes in ui/? +A _good_ theming system + +Being Worked On +--------------- + +Applets +------- +Clock + Use styleclock.nextVersion() +Get rid of swallow applet +Make trash an extension button + +Unnasigned +----------------------- ++++++ Keyboard accessability +**** + We will follow the lead of the GNOME panel accessability work: + http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gap/keynav/panelnav.html + + To summarise: + + - Ctrl-Alt-Tab cycles focus between panels [Shift to reverse] + - Tab cycles focus between objects on the focused panel [Shift to + reverse] + - Arrow keys move focus within a focused applet + - Space activates focused control (on panel or within an applet) + ++++++ Settings dialog fix up +*** Now that we have KConfigXT, use it in the settings dialogs + Convert the "Arrangement" and "Hiding" modules. "Menus" and + "Appearance" are done as far as possible. + +++++ Floating panels +**** When a panel is set to "floating" the following entries are added + to the [General] config group: + FloatingPosition <-- geometry.topLeft(); + FloatingOrientation <-- horizontal or vertical + +++++ Drag and drop enhancements +*** Drag and drop behaviour is broken in various ways in kicker. + A popup menu should appear on drop like in Konqueror and KMail. + Dropping on buttons like QuickBrowsers, the Home icon, etc should + behave consistently and like dropping to a file manager window. + There are many DnD reports on bugs.kde.org which can provide + further inspiration. + +++++ Systray icon layout +**** The systray applet does a very basic homebrew layout of the icons + that currently has several flawed assumptions that break when used + with certain applications. These assumptions include that all icons + in a given row will be approximately the same width and that things + are always LTR (left to right). It should use a QGridLayout and + do some semi-intelligent packing of the icons. + +++ Dialog for adding elements to the panel +*** Context menus are primarily used by advanced users, and yet this is + the only way to manage the items on the panel. There used to be a + control panel that allowed turning on or off applets on the main panel + but this is obviously too restrictive and I'd prefer not to see yet + another tab in the kicker control panels. A dialog that shows previews + of the specials buttons and applets and allows one to either drag and + drop or with a button add items to a given panel would make kicker that + much more accessable to more of our users. |