Notes on the new panel
Jasper Huijsmans
jasper at xfce.org
Wed Sep 21 10:48:56 CEST 2005
Jannis Pohlmann schreef:
> Hi Jasper,
>
> I just checked out the new panel again. I really like it! Some things
> came to my mind, though:
>
> 1. Perhaps the customize panel dialog should have a list of items which
> are in the currently selected panel so that you can move items up and
> down just like you can in the properties of the starter. It took some
> time until I noticed that I can just drag them somewhere else.
>
Maybe. I don't really like having too many ways to edit panel contents.
I agree that it will probably easier to discover.
> 2. Don't know if this really makes sense, but wouldn't it be great to
> allow the plugins to define custom options in their context menu?
>
xfce_panel_plugin_menu_insert_item ()
> 3. The icons of the panel actions plugin are kinda small at the moment.
> If you enable both, screen locking and quit, it becomes hard to
> distinguish them in a panel with about 30-35 pixels height. Also, it
> would be nice to let the user switch between horizontal and vertical
> orientation manually.
You can add two single action buttons. I wanted to keep it as simple as
possible.
>
> That's it. Really nice work!
>
Thanks!
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