Version: unspecified (using KDE 4.4.5) OS: Linux From a conversation with Marcel Martin, about a somewhat flippant suggestion for What's This text: >> When you're downloading updates or new packages through the System >> Settings::Add/Remove Software panel, it shows a progress box, which >> includes the name of the file (or possibly the package - I can't recall) >> that its currently downloading, and has a "Details" button. If you >> click the button, it displays a meaningless bouncing blue box, and no >> additional information - its not even a progress bar, since it just goes >> back and forth an arbitrary number of times til its done. When I >> clicked the question mark and then the Details button, to see what it >> was supposed to be doing, I got a message to the effect that there was >> no help for that button, and would I like to suggest some. So, since >> displaying a meaningless bouncing blue box appeared to be the only thing >> that the button did, I suggested that for the help text. >> >> My real suggestion would be to remove the Details button entirely, >> unless you're planning on having it actually, y'know, display some >> details of some sort. > On Thursday 12 August 2010 19:14:24 you wrote: > >> Widget text: '&Details >>' > >> current --> (KPushButton) > >> (KPushButton) > >> (QDialogButtonBox) > >> toplevel --> (KpkTransaction) > >> > >> Please type in your what's this help between these lines: > >> --%----------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> Display a meaningless bouncing blue box. > >> --%----------------------------------------------------------------------- Reproducible: Always
That depends on the backend that you are using, it's not related to KPackageKit, if you use Kubuntu for example the aptcc backend does shows you a usefull progress bar.