xfdesktop has minimised app icons now!

Biju Chacko botsie at xfce.org
Thu Sep 8 12:27:48 CEST 2005


Biju Chacko wrote:
> Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
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>>Hi all,
>>
>>I took a stab at implementing CDEish minimised app icons on the
>>desktop.  It's coming along pretty well.  You can't drag them around
>>yet, but it otherwise works.  Give it a try on xfdesktop trunk and let
>>me know what you think.
>>
>>Here it is in action:
>>http://spuriousinterrupt.org/projects/xfce4/images/screenshots/other/xfdesktop-window-icons-20050908.png
>>
>>Note that I'm *not* going to support arbitrary positioning of icons:
>>they'll always be aligned to a grid wherever they are on the desktop.
>>
>>I'm also *not* going to support files or application launchers on the
>>desktop.  Xffm already provides that, and Thunar will as well, so if
>>you want that, use that.  This is just for people that like the old CDE
>>feel.
>>
>>2:45am... I should be in bed...
> 
> 
> I suspect you haven't commited xfce-desktop.h because I get the 
> following build error:

Well, it builds now, but I don't see any icons ... do I have to switch 
it on somehow?

-- b



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