feature requests to xfwm and xfce4-panel

[Jasper Huijsmans]

On Mon, 12 May 2003 18:06:41 +0530
Biju Chacko <biju_chacko at vsnl.net> wrote:

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> On Mon, 12 May 2003 14:25:32 +0200, Jasper Huijsmans wrote:
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> > On Mon, 12 May 2003 17:42:43 +0530
> > Biju Chacko <biju_chacko at vsnl.net> wrote:
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> > > 
> > > And relabel it to something a little more informative.
> > > 
> > 
> > Hmm, I have been meaning to ask advice on this. Currently I call
> > them subpanels. They used to be called popup menus, but that is far
> > to confusing in combination with the right-click popup menus. If
> > subpanel
> > 
> > is not informative enough I'm open for suggestions.
> > 
> > With the current terminology, I don't know what would be the best
> > way to make it more obvious, other than "Attach subpanel", or a
> > variation on that. 
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> Call them panel-menus.
> 

That could work. I'll use that unless someone has a better suggestion.

> To me a subpanel conveys a panel like the main panel but somehow
> called from it.
> 

Yeah, that's true. I think I took it from CDE terminology, but I'm not
sure ...

> Hey !! Thats an idea!
> 
> How about this for 4.2:
> 
> An option for a panel-menu without labels (only icons) that is
> displayed in the same orientation as the main panel, perhaps
> overlapping it. Now*that* would be a *real* subpanel.
> 

No ;-)

Perhaps multiple panels, but this makes no sense to me.

	Jasper