Bug 154519

Summary: ability to blend plasmoid (widget) in the desktop
Product: [Unmaintained] plasma4 Reporter: Maciej Pilichowski <bluedzins>
Component: generalAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL    
Severity: wishlist CC: finex
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
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Platform: unspecified   
OS: Linux   
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Description Maciej Pilichowski 2007-12-23 09:50:34 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.97.0)

Blended plasmoid would be "transparent" for any mouse movement, clicks, etc. It would be useful for widgets, like clocks, when you set it once for good. Blended widgets should be configurable (and unblended) from the outside (plasma widget dialog?).

Also useful way to prevent "damage" to the desktop. 

Note: it is not the same as locking plasmoid (my previous reports), both wishes are companions to each other, but not duplicates.
Comment 1 FiNeX 2007-12-24 12:50:47 UTC 
Do you mean that user cannot interact with "blended" plasmoid but can with the "locked" (bug #154518) plasmoid (who cannot be moved) ???
Comment 2 Maciej Pilichowski 2007-12-24 14:10:26 UTC 
Indeed, it is this wish. Of course, indirectly user still should be able to do anything -- "unblend" for example.
Comment 3 Aaron J. Seigo 2007-12-27 15:27:14 UTC 
ugh. no. this simply won't happen. plasma is not meant to be a tweaker's wet dream, it's meant to be a usable piece of software that provides a simple and consistent of interaction mechanisms.
Comment 4 Maciej Pilichowski 2007-12-27 15:45:09 UTC 
Aaron, simple survey:
* how many times per year do you interact with clock (resize, move, rotate, etc)?

a) 0
b) 1-5
c) 6-12
d) 13-100
e) over 100

If you ask me -- (a). So it is a matter of usability.
Comment 5 Maciej Pilichowski 2008-06-15 19:36:43 UTC 
I still think this would be useful -- or fixing the locked state.

The problem is this, that in locked state some plasmoid can be moved, some other configure -- you cannot tell/guess what kind of interaction is set for this plasmoid which lead to mess. I am afraid of clicking accidentally on plasmoid because I can predict what will happen.