show/hide button

[joy zhao]

hi, I don't think this function can be made as a plugin, since it needs to
have the panel move entirely.  Panel plugins, internal or external,  are
children of panel Item container directly (the internal condition ) or
first wrapped in gtkplug which then inserted into gtksocket -- the parent
class or external item, and finally the socket item being packed into
panel's item container. In one word, neither of the two kinds of plugins can
access Panel's address and have panel the desired behavior.  Sure, we can
also have the plugins communicate with panel trunk through client messages,
however,  we cannot achieve the  goal without modify the panel proper -- add
a new client message interface.

That's why I have to have this panel patch.
Do you have any other good ideas ?

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 1:32 AM, Brian J. Tarricone <bjt23 at cornell.edu>
wrote:

> Someone already responded to your mail.
>
> This isn't something that makes sense to put in the panel.  You'll want
> to create a plugin for it.
>
>        -brian
>
> joy zhao wrote:
> > 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 be kindly enough to 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > The attachment is my patch.
> >
> >
> >
> > YanZhao
> >
> >
> >
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