Why design matters

[Steve Dodier-Lazaro]

Yes, just build the thing and run it from the build folder with the
--restart parameter.

On 4 August 2015 at 20:08, adlo <adloconwy at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is it possible to build and run xfce4-panel from git without replacing my
> existing version?
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> On 4 Aug 2015, at 10:27, Steve Dodier-Lazaro <sidnioulz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Adlo: right now I suspect the panel only pushes items to the left/top, and
> uses expanding spacers to "centre" items. You would need to introduce the
> concept of a centre (most preferably centre of the panel), and make sure to
> have a good strategy to handle centred items when the panel is too small to
> contain all of its items. It might be preferable in that case to just
> "detach" the item from the centre until there's enough room again.
>
> On 31 July 2015 at 23:55, adlo <adloconwy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> What would be the best way to implement this feature, if it were to be
>> coded? Should the centred item track the centre of the screen or the centre
>> of the panel?
>>
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>> On 25 Jul 2015, at 21:22, Patrik Bubák <bubapa at privacyrequired.com>
>> wrote:
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>> We're talking symmetry here. Problem with that is no element will
>> maintain its position if you put other elements on either side.
>>
>> Try it:
>>
>> - create an empty panel
>> - put the clock in its centre as you said
>> - now start adding elements from either the left or the right only
>> - watch how the supposedly centred item moves and doesn't maintain a
>> fixed position aligned with the screen
>>
>>
>> While it will try to stay even with the elements themselves and maintain
>> empty space on both sides, it won't be centred across the panel in
>> alignment with the centre of the screen any more.
>>
>> On Sat, 2015-07-25 at 15:55 -0400, Rich Dennis wrote:
>>
>> That can already be done easily - put the xfcw4 clock plugin on the panel
>> - separators on either side of it expand them. Clock is centered.
>>
>> On Jul 25, 2015 2:20 PM, "adlo" <adloconwy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 25 Jul 2015, at 12:42, Simon Steinbeiß <simon at xfce.org> wrote:
>>
>> >>       - allow for fixed positions in centres of panels and windows.
>> >>        (Ever felt like you want to centre some things on your desktop
>> >>        but can't get them quite in the position you want? Again, a
>> >>        minor detail that counts.)
>> >
>> > I'm not 100% sure what you're referring to here. Is this about window
>> positioning or about the positioning of items within the panel? If it's
>> about the latter, that would be a nice feature
>>
>> The ability to centre items in the panel would be a very nice feature.
>> For example, you could have the clock in the centre, a bit like GNOME Shell.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> adlo
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