Bug 52593 - progress window at exit should be centered
Summary: progress window at exit should be centered
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: kmail
Classification: Applications
Component: GUI (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Compiled Sources Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdepim bugs
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: 56445 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2003-01-04 17:24 UTC by Yves Glodt
Modified: 2007-09-14 12:17 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Yves Glodt 2003-01-04 17:24:29 UTC
Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.0.99)
Installed from:    Compiled From Sources

Hi,

the progress windows that is shown at exit while kmail expires and
compacts folders is nice, but it should be centered, or at least
moveable.

When it stays in the upper left like it currently does, it
prevents one from accessing the menu of any other application on
the same desktop.
Comment 1 Magnus von Koeller 2003-01-04 18:44:01 UTC
Subject: Re:  New: progress window at exit should be centered

Oh that note: What is the advantage of the new progress widget 
(KPassivePopUp?) that was added sometime before 3.1 RC5? I liked the 
old one much better, it was possible to move it, it was just a simple 
dialog - IMVHO the way it should be. What's the advantage of the 
current solution? In comparison, I find it pretty annoying, although 
I'm probably just uninformed.

Comment 2 Ingo Klöcker 2003-01-04 19:18:35 UTC
Subject: Re:  progress window at exit should be centered

@Yves: A centered cleanup dialog would be much more distracting. We 
could probably make the dialog be displayed on the lower left instead 
of the upper left. But this would require changes in the core libraries 
of KDE.

@Magnus: The current cleanup dialog is a passive popup. This means it 
doesn't interrupt the user who wants to continue working while KMail is 
shutting down. The old cleanup dialog had focus and therefore it wasn't 
possible to type anything in another window without first activating 
this window.

Comment 3 mail 2003-01-20 17:06:41 UTC
Sometimes (yes, I know...) the right half of this popup seems distorted.  
See the screenshot at http://www.oppeln-bilder.de/kmailbug.png 
kdelibs or QT problem? 
 
 
Comment 4 Magnus von Koeller 2003-01-20 19:04:52 UTC
Subject: Re:  progress window at exit should be centered

On Monday 20 January 2003 17:06, mail@puchalla-online.de wrote:
> Sometimes (yes, I know...) the right half of this popup seems
> distorted.   See the screenshot at
> http://www.oppeln-bilder.de/kmailbug.png kdelibs or QT problem?

That is Bug# 53156:
http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53156

Comment 5 Ingo Klöcker 2003-03-27 10:52:55 UTC
*** Bug 56445 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 Fergal Daly 2004-01-31 18:13:56 UTC
in reply to #2 it's nice that it doesn't interrupt the user by grabbing focus but it interrupts me quite badly by covering the back and forward buttons of my browser for example or the File and Edit menus of most other apps.

Anything which cannot be dismissed, hidden or otherwise avoided is guaranteed to interrupt users.
Comment 7 Tom Albers 2004-11-13 01:33:53 UTC
I believe this progress window is removed, right?
Comment 8 Yves Glodt 2004-11-13 09:34:03 UTC
I don't see it anymore in KMail 1.7
Comment 9 Yves Glodt 2004-11-13 09:34:27 UTC
and thus closing it...