Bug 167036 - kipi-plugins not installed; plugins menu still available but empty
Summary: kipi-plugins not installed; plugins menu still available but empty
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: kphotoalbum
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KPhotoAlbum Bugs
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Blocks: 182915
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Reported: 2008-07-20 00:01 UTC by Risto H. Kurppa
Modified: 2009-03-01 15:13 UTC (History)
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Description Risto H. Kurppa 2008-07-20 00:01:39 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE 4.0.98)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

Installed Kphotoalbum 3.1.1 from Ubuntu Hardy repos. kipi plugins are recommended to install but not required. The following goes for the KDE4 SVN version I run (rev 834494). So anyway, I have KPA (3.1.1 and SVN) installed with no kipi.

There is a plugins menu visible in KPhotoalbum.

It has the 5 plugin categories (export/import/images/batch/tools) but nothing under those submenus.

So I suggest (actually it was Jesper..) that there would be a menu item that would tell the user what to do to get stuff installed there.

Now when a user sees an empty menu, he either thinks that:
a) it's possible to install these someway
or
b) this software is broken/heavily undeveloped/something

Depends on the user, but I'd like to give them both a hint telling that they need to install some stuff.
Comment 1 Jesper Pedersen 2009-03-01 15:13:17 UTC 
Fixed in rev. #933689.

I simply disable the sub menus when there is nothing in them. That ought ot be clear enough to the end user.