Bug 339091

Summary: Make snippets panel in KMail able to hide
Product: [Applications] kmail2 Reporter: Matija Šuklje <matija>
Component: composerAssignee: kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: wishlist CC: montel
Priority: NOR    
Version: 4.11.5   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Mandriva RPMs   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: http://commits.kde.org/kdepim/401f0e81399e71c8932e8130e110df954f13d892 Version Fixed In: 4.14.3
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Description Matija Šuklje 2014-09-15 08:13:20 UTC 
Currently the snippets panel in KMail is either completely there and consuming a massive amount of horizontal space or turned off completely. This is both a waste of space and the additional text (list of snippets) in the composer is distracting from writing a mail.

I propose that the snippets panel would be made as one of those vertical-tab-operated panels that you can pull out or close (e.g. in Kate, KDevelop).

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Enable snippets.
2. Add a few snippets.
3. Resize the snippets panel to be readable.
4. See actual results 1.
5. Resize the snippets panel so the actual e-mail composer part of the window is useful.
6. See actual resuts 2.

Actual Results:  
1. Be amazed at how much horizontal space it consumes.
2. Be frustrated at how you have to chose between a usable composer or a usable snippets, for a normal sized font and a reasonable e-mail composer window.

Expected Results:  
1. Happily write your e-mail.
2. Pull out the snippets panel when needed.
3. Use the snippet.
4. Close the snippets panel.
5. Enjoy ☺

I would call this a usability bug, but am just too nice to do so :P
Comment 1 Laurent Montel 2014-10-13 11:45:15 UTC 
Git commit 401f0e81399e71c8932e8130e110df954f13d892 by Montel Laurent.
Committed on 13/10/2014 at 11:44.
Pushed by mlaurent into branch 'KDE/4.14'.

Fix Bug 339091 - Make snippets panel in KMail able to hide

FIXED-IN: 4.14.3

M  +2    -1    kmail/editor/kmcomposewin.cpp

http://commits.kde.org/kdepim/401f0e81399e71c8932e8130e110df954f13d892
Comment 2 Laurent Montel 2014-10-13 11:46:03 UTC 
Until now I didn't want to collapse it.
But I added a new toolbutton which allows it directly.

Regards.
Comment 3 Matija Šuklje 2014-10-16 14:10:01 UTC 
Yay! You rock! :D I can’t wait to test it.