[yanhwizhao at gmail.com: [Xfce4-commits] commit patch to xfce4-panel]

[Mike Massonnet]

On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 02:25:44PM +0200, Christian Dywan wrote:
> Am Sat, 10 May 2008 13:32:44 +0200
> schrieb Mike Massonnet <mmassonnet at gmail.com>:
> 
> > Forwarded to the xfce dev ml as it will reach more exposure.
> > http://foo-projects.org/pipermail/xfce4-commits/2008-May/027207.html
> > 
> > ----- Forwarded message from joy zhao <yanhwizhao at gmail.com> -----
> > 
> > From: joy zhao <yanhwizhao at gmail.com>
> > To: xfce4-commits at xfce.org
> > Subject: [Xfce4-commits] commit patch to xfce4-panel
> > List-Id: Xfce4 SVN Commits list <xfce4-commits.xfce.org>
> > 
> > hi,
> >   I'd commit a patch for xfce4-panel, however,  I don't know  whom
> > exactly I should send this mail to .  So I just send it to this
> > address. If it's no t a proper way, can anyone kindly enough let me
> > know ? Thanks!
> > 
> >  This patch is to add a show/hide button on panel, which, when
> > clicked, will toggle panel's show/hide status, and for example, have
> > panel hide to left corner or bottom corner.
> >   users can choose whether to have this button on panel in panel
> > property dialog.
> > [...]
> > YanZhao
> 
> Hi YanZhao,
> 
> from the description this sounds like something I have seen in a KDE
> environment. I have not really used it but I can imagine that button
> as an interesting idea.
> 
> I tend to think this would be better suited in the form of a
> plugin instead of a modification to the panel itself.

Yes.

> Admittedly I cannot say whether the plugin interface is sufficient for
> that.

http://www.us.xfce.org/documentation/api/libxfce4panel/XfcePanelPlugin.html#xfce-panel-plugin-set-panel-hidden

> Yours,
>     Christian

Mike