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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