Bug 67014 - summary view frames sould be sizeable and movable
Summary: summary view frames sould be sizeable and movable
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: kontact
Classification: Applications
Component: summary (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Compiled Sources Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdepim bugs
URL:
Keywords:
: 72169 73251 73399 74279 74830 77286 80136 87839 88442 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2003-11-01 21:03 UTC by Thomas Vollmer
Modified: 2005-03-28 14:39 UTC (History)
13 users (show)

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screenshot of problem (128.54 KB, image/png)
2004-11-02 12:38 UTC, Mathias Homann
Details
primitive automatic arangement in summary (308.71 KB, image/png)
2004-11-02 12:56 UTC, Damir Perisa
Details
Screenshot of very unequal columns in summary (120.30 KB, image/png)
2005-03-28 13:17 UTC, David Anderson
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Description Thomas Vollmer 2003-11-01 21:03:22 UTC
Version:           CVS HEAD from 29.10.2003 (using KDE Devel)
Installed from:    Compiled sources
Compiler:          gcc 3.2 
OS:          Linux

Hi,

the different frames within the summary view should place and resizeable by the user.

Its strange when the kweather frame uses around 2/3 of the possible with and the unread mails list needs a scrollbar.

Thomas
Comment 1 Sashmit Bhaduri 2003-11-02 17:54:05 UTC
Yeah, i've been quite annoyed with this too.
Comment 2 Tobias Koenig 2004-01-08 19:56:58 UTC
*** Bug 72169 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Tobias Koenig 2004-01-30 21:25:30 UTC
*** Bug 73251 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Tobias Koenig 2004-01-30 21:26:04 UTC
*** Bug 73399 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 Tobias Koenig 2004-02-19 19:53:59 UTC
*** Bug 74279 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 Tobias Koenig 2004-02-20 19:45:02 UTC
*** Bug 74830 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 7 Tobias Koenig 2004-03-22 19:08:56 UTC
*** Bug 77286 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 8 Pascal Cavy 2004-05-11 10:40:53 UTC
still valid in kde 3.2.2
Comment 9 Ingo Klöcker 2004-06-06 13:33:05 UTC
*** Bug 80136 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 10 Tobias Koenig 2004-08-23 16:53:43 UTC
*** Bug 87839 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 11 Tobias Koenig 2004-09-03 09:33:47 UTC
*** Bug 88442 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 12 Tobias Koenig 2004-09-03 17:40:10 UTC
Hi,

with current version from CVS HEAD you can drag&drop the single widgets, so if the layout doesn't fit your needs you can simply change it.

Ciao,
Tobias
Comment 13 Michael Jahn 2004-09-04 10:42:29 UTC
Thank you. And I was just getting the hang of a stable (read: non-HEAD) KDE :-)
Is kdepim HEAD reasonably safe to use?
Comment 14 Jan Essert 2004-09-30 00:07:03 UTC
is there any chance of backporting it to 3.3.1, since it annoys quite a lot of people and (for me) renders the overview almost completely unusable?

(just a question :-))
Comment 15 Jason Keirstead 2004-09-30 01:34:54 UTC
I am sorry, but  really need to re-open this. I requested that the frames be moveable *and* sizeable.

While I can drag the frames around in HEAD, I cannot resize them, adn the default dimensions it is using are *way* out of whack. The right hand pane takes up about 85%-90%, regardless of if I want it to or not.

What I am looking for is a simple widget to customize this screen. Anyone who has used salesforce.com to customize reports will know what I mean.
Comment 16 Tobias Koenig 2004-11-02 12:20:45 UTC
Hi,

we can't set a fixed size for the widgets, we've the class QLayout in Qt and it does it job quite well.

I'm not sure what problems you have with the size, but with current cvs head, the resizing is done quite smoothly.

Ciao,
Tobias
Comment 17 Mathias Homann 2004-11-02 12:38:04 UTC
Created attachment 8133 [details]
screenshot of problem
Comment 18 Mathias Homann 2004-11-02 12:39:42 UTC
see screenshot:

lots of wasted space there, and i have to scroll around to see everything.
and i cannot resize or move something around (kdepim3 3.3.1)

Comment 19 Damir Perisa 2004-11-02 12:54:54 UTC
on your screenshoot: now finally i see, what you mean by reopening it *juppie!*

i always used kontact in maximized window (on UXGA) and never had to scroll in the summary view ... but if i resize the window (make it smaller), i realize, what you mean: the automatical arangement (at least in kde 3.3.1) is not really intelligent on this matter (see my screenshoot to see, how _wrong_ the arangement is made and how i think the programm should react (green markers))
Comment 20 Damir Perisa 2004-11-02 12:56:57 UTC
Created attachment 8134 [details]
primitive automatic arangement in summary

green: my suggestion what in such case should the programm do
Comment 21 Mathias Homann 2004-11-02 14:00:34 UTC
on your screenshot i see that you have the "old" unread mail summary back...

I WANT THAT! (see http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91676) How do I get kontact to do that?

and the resizing/moving suggestion you make there is exactly what I feel about it...
Comment 22 Mathias Homann 2005-02-14 12:08:42 UTC
how come this has been marked as "resolved"?
i'm using the latest kontact (1.0.2) from kde 3.3.2, and the summary is still ugly as hell as far as the layout is concerned...
Comment 23 David Anderson 2005-03-28 13:16:47 UTC
I vote for this bug to be reopened... the layout for my "Summary" is horrible.

It's horrible because the right-hand column is twice as long as the left; if one or more of the sections from the right-hand column were moved into the left, they could be equal length. A more intelligent algorithm for placing the sections is needed (or for re-placing them once the data is in and its computed that they're very unequal).

Screenshot coming. Note that I've had to maximize the window to get everything in - that wouldn't be necessary if the items were more intelligently placed.
Comment 24 David Anderson 2005-03-28 13:17:56 UTC
Created attachment 10388 [details]
Screenshot of very unequal columns in summary
Comment 25 Mathias Homann 2005-03-28 14:39:21 UTC
in kde 3.4, the frames in the summary are movable.
for me, problem solved...