New MCS dialog won't work with plenty of plugins

Brian J. Tarricone bjt23 at cornell.edu
Mon Jul 19 22:28:55 CEST 2004


the new dialog _could_ be made to scroll if necessary, similar to the 
old one, but it would be nice if the threshold for doing so was set a 
bit higher such that it would only scroll if you _really_ run out of 
screen space.

	-b

On Mon, 19 Jul 2004, Olivier wrote:

> Jasper,
> 
> I'm not sure that such a design is a good thing, I mean the dialog will
> grow as much as we have new items, it's really not handy for those with
> smaller screens.
> 
> I mean, yes, maybe nice now, but it's not gonna scale with the number of
> mcs plugins....
> 
> So I'm not against such a achange, bit I I'm too happy with the current
> implementation, unless you prove me wrong ;)
> 
> Cheers,
> Olivier.
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 11:53, Jasper Huysmans wrote:
> > Update of /var/cvs/xfce/xfce4/xfce-mcs-manager/xfce-mcs-manager
> > In directory dbguin.lunar-linux.org:/tmp/cvs-serv15890
> > 
> > Modified Files:
> > 	xfce-mcs-dialog.c 
> > Log Message:
> > I really do prefer this dialog design.
> > 
> > Index: xfce-mcs-dialog.c
> > ===================================================================
> > RCS file: /var/cvs/xfce/xfce4/xfce-mcs-manager/xfce-mcs-manager/xfce-mcs-dialog.c,v
> > retrieving revision 1.21
> > retrieving revision 1.22
> > diff -u -d -r1.21 -r1.22
> > --- xfce-mcs-dialog.c	14 Jun 2004 18:44:27 -0000	1.21
> > +++ xfce-mcs-dialog.c	15 Jul 2004 09:53:04 -0000	1.22
> > @@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
> >  #include <unistd.h>
> >  #endif
> >  
> > +#include <math.h>
> > +
> >  #include <glib.h>
> >  #include <gdk/gdkx.h>
> >  #include <gmodule.h>
> > @@ -74,26 +76,97 @@
> >  
> >  static int plugincmp (McsPlugin *a, McsPlugin *b)
> >  {
> > -    if (!a || !b || !(a->caption) || !(b->caption))
> > +    if (!a || !b || !(a->plugin_name) || !(b->plugin_name))
> >          return -1;
> >      
> > -    return strcmp (a->caption, b->caption);
> > +    return strcmp(a->plugin_name, b->plugin_name);
> >  }
> >  
> > -void run_manager_dialog (GSList *plugin_list)
> > +static GtkWidget *
> > +create_settings_button (GdkPixbuf *pb, const char *text)
> >  {
> > -    GSList *sorted_list, *li;
> > -    GtkWidget *dlg, *vbox1, *scroll, *hbox, *vbox2, *vbox3, *button, *header;
> > +    GtkWidget *button, *vbox, *image, *label;
> > +
> > +    g_return_val_if_fail (text != NULL, NULL);
> > +    
> > +    button = gtk_button_new ();
> > +    gtk_button_set_relief (GTK_BUTTON (button), GTK_RELIEF_NONE);
> > +    
> > +    vbox = gtk_vbox_new (FALSE, 0);
> > +    gtk_widget_show (vbox);
> > +    gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (button), vbox);
> > +
> > +    if (pb && (image = gtk_image_new_from_pixbuf (pb)))
> > +    {
> > +	gtk_widget_show (image);
> > +	gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (vbox), image, TRUE, TRUE, 0);
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    label = gtk_label_new (text);
> > +    gtk_widget_show (label);
> > +    gtk_label_set_line_wrap (GTK_LABEL (label), TRUE);
> > +    gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (vbox), label, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
> > +
> > +    return button;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static GtkWidget *
> > +create_settings_table (GSList *plugins)
> > +{
> > +    int n, rows, columns, i, j;
> > +    GSList *li = plugins;
> > +    GtkWidget *table, *button;
> >      McsPlugin *plugin;
> > +
> > +    n = g_slist_length (plugins);
> > +
> > +    columns = sqrt (n);
> > +    rows = n / columns;
> > +
> > +    if (n % columns)
> > +	rows += 1;
> > +
> > +    table = gtk_table_new (rows, columns, TRUE);
> > +    gtk_table_set_row_spacings (GTK_TABLE (table), 6);
> > +
> > +    for (i = 0; i < rows; ++i)
> > +    {
> > +	for (j = 0; j < columns; ++j)
> > +	{
> > +	    plugin = li->data;
> > +	    
> > +	    button = create_settings_button (plugin->icon, plugin->caption);
> > +	    gtk_widget_show (button);
> > +
> > +	    g_signal_connect(button, "clicked", 
> > +			     G_CALLBACK(run_plugin_dialog), plugin);
> > +
> > +	    gtk_table_attach_defaults (GTK_TABLE (table), button, 
> > +		    		       j, j+1, i, i+1);
> > +
> > +	    li = li->next;
> > +
> > +	    if (!li)
> > +		goto out;
> > +	}
> > +    }
> > +
> > +out:
> > +    return table;
> > +}
> > +
> > +void run_manager_dialog (GSList *plugin_list)
> > +{
> > +    GSList *sorted_list;
> > +    GtkWidget *dlg, *vbox1, *table, *header, *align;
> >      GdkPixbuf *icon;
> > -    int i;
> >  
> >      dlg = gtk_dialog_new_with_buttons (_("Xfce Settings Manager"), NULL,
> >                                         GTK_DIALOG_NO_SEPARATOR, 
> > -	                         			       GTK_STOCK_CLOSE, GTK_RESPONSE_OK, 
> > +				       GTK_STOCK_CLOSE, GTK_RESPONSE_OK, 
> >                                         NULL);
> >      
> > -    icon = xfce_themed_icon_load ("xfce4-settings", 48);
> > +    icon = xfce_themed_icon_load ("xfce4-settings", 32);
> >      gtk_window_set_icon (GTK_WINDOW (dlg), icon);
> >  
> >      vbox1 = GTK_DIALOG (dlg)->vbox;
> > @@ -103,65 +176,25 @@
> >      gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (vbox1), header, FALSE, TRUE, 0);
> >      g_object_unref (icon);
> >  
> > -    /* scroll window */
> > -    scroll = gtk_scrolled_window_new(NULL, NULL);
> > -    gtk_container_set_border_width(GTK_CONTAINER(scroll), BORDER);
> > -
> > -    /* 
> > -       I made this 'ALWAYS', because gtk draws an empty space anyway ...
> > -       Note: I try automatic, just to see...
> > -     */
> > -    gtk_scrolled_window_set_policy (GTK_SCROLLED_WINDOW(scroll), 
> > -                                    GTK_POLICY_NEVER,
> > -                                    GTK_POLICY_AUTOMATIC);
> > -
> > -    gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (vbox1), scroll, TRUE, TRUE, 0);
> > -    gtk_widget_show (scroll);
> > -
> > -    hbox = gtk_hbox_new (FALSE, BORDER);
> > -    gtk_container_set_border_width (GTK_CONTAINER (hbox), 2);
> > -    gtk_widget_show (hbox);
> > -    gtk_scrolled_window_add_with_viewport (GTK_SCROLLED_WINDOW (scroll), hbox);
> > -    
> > -    vbox2 = gtk_vbox_new (FALSE, 0);
> > -    gtk_widget_show (vbox2);
> > -    gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (hbox), vbox2, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
> > -    
> > -    vbox3 = gtk_vbox_new (FALSE, 0);
> > -    gtk_widget_show (vbox3);
> > -    gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (hbox), vbox3, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
> > -    
> >      /* buttons */
> > -    sorted_list = g_slist_copy (plugin_list);
> > -    sorted_list = g_slist_sort (sorted_list, (GCompareFunc) plugincmp);
> > -
> > -    for (i = 0, li = sorted_list; li; i++, li = li->next)
> > -    {
> > -      plugin = (McsPlugin *) li->data;
> > -
> > -      button = xfce_menubutton_new_with_pixbuf (plugin->caption, 
> > -                                                plugin->icon);
> > -      gtk_widget_set_size_request (button, -1, SETTINGS_MANAGER_ICON_SIZE);
> > -      gtk_button_set_relief (GTK_BUTTON (button), GTK_RELIEF_NONE);
> > -      gtk_widget_show (button);
> > -
> > -      if ((i + 1) % 2 == 1)
> > -          gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (vbox2), button, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
> > -      else
> > -          gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (vbox3), button, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
> > -
> > -      g_signal_connect (button, "clicked",
> > -                        G_CALLBACK (run_plugin_dialog), plugin);
> > -    }
> > +    sorted_list = g_slist_copy(plugin_list);
> > +    sorted_list = g_slist_sort(sorted_list, (GCompareFunc) plugincmp);
> > +    
> > +    table = create_settings_table (sorted_list);
> > +    gtk_widget_show (table);
> > +    gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(vbox1), table, TRUE, TRUE, 0);
> >      
> >      g_slist_free (sorted_list);
> >      
> > -    gtk_widget_set_size_request(dlg, -1, 400);
> > -
> > -    g_signal_connect_swapped (dlg, "response", 
> > -	    		                    G_CALLBACK (close_dialog), dlg);
> > -    g_signal_connect_swapped (dlg, "delete-event", 
> > -                              G_CALLBACK (close_dialog), dlg);
> > +    align = gtk_alignment_new (0,0,0,0);
> > +    gtk_widget_set_size_request (align, 6, 6);
> > +    gtk_widget_show (align);
> > +    gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(vbox1), align, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
> > +    
> > +    g_signal_connect_swapped(dlg, "response", 
> > +	    		     G_CALLBACK(close_dialog), dlg);
> > +    g_signal_connect_swapped(dlg, "delete-event", 
> > +	    		     G_CALLBACK(close_dialog), dlg);
> >      
> >      xfce_gtk_window_center_on_monitor_with_pointer (GTK_WINDOW (dlg));
> >      gtk_widget_show (dlg);
> > 
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