From: Tony H. <h...@re...> - 2007-09-18 23:12:20
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In <46f...@mx...>, Lennon Cook wrote: > Tony Houghton <h...@re...> wrote: > > I think it would be a good idea to have Add Panel and Remove Panel > > somewhere in ROX's GUI. Where to put "Remove Panel" is quite obvious:- > > under "Panel Options..." in the panel-specific menu. > But 'Remove' isn't an option so much as something you /do/ with it. So > I think it belongs at the bottom of the menu, and called 'Close Panel'. That's what I meant. "Under" was ambiguous; I meant another menu item under the the one that opens the dialog, not under the dialog. > > You shouldn't be able to create a > > panel from an instance of ROX that hasn't taken over the whole > > desktop anyway. > Why not? I was thinking in terms of ROX as filling two roles. Launching it as part of the session so it effectively controls the entire desktop is the way I use it, but perhaps some people just use its filer windows and use other panels and pinboard managers. > > Alternatively "Add Panel" could go in the "ROX-Filer" > > submenu. > I think that it really deserves it's own launcher. I think that the > panels (and, for that matter, the pinboard) are controlled by the same > program as the filer window should be considered an implementation > detail. They behave completely differently - consider the case > of dragging a file to the pinboard/panel vs a filer window. So, I think > they deserve their own launchers - you click 'Panel', and a panel opens. Do you mean using a separate applet (eg in ~/Apps) which sends SOAP calls to ROX? -- TH * http://www.realh.co.uk |