155362 2008-01-09 23:16:26 +0000 Change the displayed name in the traditional kickoff KDE3 style menu 2008-03-28 18:25:53 +0000 1 1 10 Unmaintained plasma4 widget-kickoff unspecified Compiled Sources Linux RESOLVED FIXED NOR wishlist --- 1 mail plasma-bugs-null rdieter riccardo 0 oldest_to_newest 569616 0 mail 2008-01-09 23:16:26 +0000 Version: Kickoff traditional menu (using KDE Devel) Installed from: Compiled sources OS: Linux At the moment the traditional kickoff KDE3 style menu does only display the description of an application. This has a few drawbacks like; 1. it's not easy to figure out what application will start since the only indicator is the description and the icon but not the name it may known under. For some who look for a "Web Browser" it may easier, for some who look for "Firefox" it just sucks. 2. multiple items may have the same name. As example 2 times "Web Browser", one for Konqueror and one for Firefox. Other samples here are "Audio Player", "Spreadsheet" or "Word Processor". All that cases assume there is only one of them available. There is more feedback from our users related to that wish at http://dot.kde.org/1199623673/1199632046/1199646383/ 569618 1 22921 mail 2008-01-09 23:20:31 +0000 Created attachment 22921 patch that changes "description" to "name (description)" The patch above is so far only a sample/suggestion how a solution that tries to at least take both, generic name and description, into account could look like. KDE3 did btw provide here an option to switch between; 1. name 2. description 3. description (name) 4. name (description) 569700 2 aseigo 2008-01-10 08:26:27 +0000 there are two related but somewhat separate issues, imo: a) disambiguating between programs with the same generic name. i wonder how difficult (and efficient) it would be to compare if the next or previous item has the same generic name and if so to always paint the subtext in that case. b) allowing different styles for the main text. really, the only options we need here is to turn off the details-on-mouse-hover (so that they are always painted) and define what is in the header text (generic name or specific name). with those two options one can emulate all the behaviours in kde3, no? i realize that the above not useful for the simple menu. it probably needs its own options that are more like the kde3 ones. p.s. if you can remember, please use the kdelibs/plasma coding style =) 572641 3 mail 2008-01-18 06:37:13 +0000 commit r762886 introduces an option like we had at KDE3. So, it will be available for KDE 4.1 :) 575416 4 kevin.kofler 2008-01-26 09:34:33 +0000 In case anyone else wants this for 4.0.x, here's the backport to 4.0.0 I just applied to the Fedora Rawhide kdebase-workspace package: http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewcvs/rpms/kdebase-workspace/devel/kdebase-workspace-4.0.0-kde%23155362.patch?rev=1.1&view=markup 577242 5 kevin.kofler 2008-02-01 23:02:39 +0000 And here's one for 4.0.1, courtesy of Jan Mette from kdemod.ath.cx: http://kdemod.ath.cx/svn/branches/kde4/kdebase-workspace/backport-trunk-better_simplemenu.patch http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewcvs/*checkout*/rpms/kdebase-workspace/devel/kdebase-workspace-4.0.1-kde%23155362.patch?rev=1.1 581096 6 kevin.kofler 2008-02-18 04:32:42 +0000 Can this be backported to 4.0.2? (I have noticed it was not included in the bunch of backports done over the last few days.) 581129 7 mail 2008-02-18 09:59:48 +0000 Added Riccardo to the CClist who was/is afaik responsible for the backports ;) @Riccardo Could we backport this one too? 583627 8 kevin.kofler 2008-03-01 00:01:27 +0000 Since this hadn't been backported to 4.0 yet (any chance it can get into 4.0.3?), here's an updated patch which applies against 4.0.2: http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewcvs/*checkout*/rpms/kdebase-workspace/devel/kdebase-workspace-4.0.2-kde%23155362.patch?rev=1.1 590064 9 kevin.kofler 2008-03-28 18:25:53 +0000 Most of this has been merged into 4.0.3, the configuration part has been reverted by Aaron because it introduced new strings right before the 4.0.3 tagging, so here's the patch to restore it: http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewcvs/*checkout*/rpms/kdebase-workspace/devel/kdebase-workspace-4.0.3-kde%23155362.patch?rev=1.1 22921 2008-01-09 23:20:31 +0000 2008-01-09 23:20:31 +0000 patch that changes "description" to "name (description)" menu.patch text/plain 1514 mail SW5kZXg6IGtpY2tvZmYvc2ltcGxlYXBwbGV0L21lbnV2aWV3LmNwcAo9PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09 PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09Ci0tLSBr aWNrb2ZmL3NpbXBsZWFwcGxldC9tZW51dmlldy5jcHAJKHJldmlzaW9uIDc1ODU3MCkKKysrIGtp Y2tvZmYvc2ltcGxlYXBwbGV0L21lbnV2aWV3LmNwcAkod29ya2luZyBjb3B5KQpAQCAtODYsMTEg Kzg2LDE0IEBACiB9CiB2b2lkIE1lbnVWaWV3Ojp1cGRhdGVBY3Rpb24oUUFjdGlvbiAqYWN0aW9u LGNvbnN0IFFNb2RlbEluZGV4JiBpbmRleCkKIHsKLSAgICBRU3RyaW5nIHRleHQgPSBpbmRleC5k YXRhKFF0OjpEaXNwbGF5Um9sZSkudmFsdWU8UVN0cmluZz4oKTsKLSAgICBjb25zdCBRU3RyaW5n IG5hbWUgPSBpbmRleC5kYXRhKEtpY2tvZmY6OlN1YlRpdGxlUm9sZSkudmFsdWU8UVN0cmluZz4o KTsKLSAgICBpZiAoYWN0aW9uLT5tZW51KCk9PTAgJiYgbmFtZS5jb250YWlucyh0ZXh0LFF0OjpD YXNlSW5zZW5zaXRpdmUpKQotICAgICAgICB0ZXh0ID0gbmFtZTsKLSAgICBhY3Rpb24tPnNldFRl eHQodGV4dC5yZXBsYWNlKCImIiwiJiYiKSk7CisgICAgY29uc3QgUVN0cmluZyB0ZXh0ID0gaW5k ZXguZGF0YShRdDo6RGlzcGxheVJvbGUpLnZhbHVlPFFTdHJpbmc+KCk7IC8vIGRlc2NyaWJpbmcg dGV4dCwgZS5nLiAiU3ByZWFkc2hlZXQiIG9yICJSZWthbGwiIChyaWdodCwgc29tZXRpbWVzIHRo ZSB0ZXh0IGlzIGFsc28gdXNlZCBmb3IgdGhlIGdlbmVyaWMgYXBwLW5hbWUpCisgICAgY29uc3Qg UVN0cmluZyBuYW1lID0gaW5kZXguZGF0YShLaWNrb2ZmOjpTdWJUaXRsZVJvbGUpLnZhbHVlPFFT dHJpbmc+KCk7IC8vIHRoZSBnZW5lcmljIG5hbWUsIGUuZy4gImtzcHJlYWQiIG9yICJPcGVuT2Zm aWNlLm9yZyBTcHJlYWRzaGVldCIgb3IganVzdCAiIiAocmlnaHQsIGl0J3MgYSBtZXNzIHRvbykK KyAgICBpZiggYWN0aW9uLT5tZW51KCkhPTAgKSAvLyBpZiBpdHMgYW4gaXRlbSB3aXRoIHN1Yi1t ZW51aXRlbXMsIHdlIHByb2JhYmx5IGxpa2UgdG8gdGhyZWFkIHRoZW0gYW5vdGhlciB3YXkuLi4K KyAgICAgICAgYWN0aW9uLT5zZXRUZXh0KHRleHQucmVwbGFjZSgiJiIsIiYmIikpOworICAgIGVs c2UgaWYoICEgbmFtZS5pc0VtcHR5KCkgKSAvLyBzZWVtcyB3ZSBoYXZlIGEgcHJvZ3JhbSwgYnV0 IHNvbWUgb2YgdGhlbSBkb250IGRlZmluZSBhIG5hbWUgYXQgYWxsCisgICAgICAgIGFjdGlvbi0+ c2V0VGV4dChRU3RyaW5nKCIlMSAoJTIpIikuYXJnKG5hbWUpLmFyZyh0ZXh0KS5yZXBsYWNlKCIm IiwiJiYiKSk7CisgICAgZWxzZSAvLyBpZiB0aGVyZSBpcyBubyBuYW1lLCBsZXQncyBqdXN0IHVz ZSB0aGUgZGVzY3JpYmluZyB0ZXh0CisgICAgICAgIGFjdGlvbi0+c2V0VGV4dCh0ZXh0LnJlcGxh Y2UoIiYiLCImJiIpKTsKIAogICAgIGFjdGlvbi0+c2V0SWNvbihpbmRleC5kYXRhKFF0OjpEZWNv cmF0aW9uUm9sZSkudmFsdWU8UUljb24+KCkpOwogfQo=