Re: icons of floating widgets in gui

[Daniel J Sebald]

On 10/29/2012 03:21 PM, Torsten wrote:
> Hi,
>
> At the moment, all floating widgets have the octave-logo as icon for
> distinct assignment to octave in alt-tab- or tasks-panels. The only
> exception is the terminal widget (fix here:
> https://bitbucket.org/ttl/octave-ttl/changeset/204caff).
>
> What about icons signalling that a window is belonging to octave and at
> the same time showing the function of the window (edtior, terminal, file
> browser, ...)? For example, the octave logo with the lower right corner
> dedicated to the function of the window, i.e. containing the typical
> icon for an editor, file browser etc. Only the main window would have
> the original octave logo.
> What do you think?

How does one make these widgets float?  I pull the editor window away 
and it scoots into some other window.  I do see there is a sort of 
"dock/undock" or "pin/unpin" sort of button.  That seems to make the 
editor window float, but then trying to position the editor window makes 
it scoot back into the main window.

I just tried making the documentation window float and made a mess of 
the GUI.  Putting the documentation window back to its original position 
created this strange overlay of window outlines and parts (obviously a 
Qt or related bug).  I tried a few more times and now the documentation 
window is stuck in with terminal window and editor window.  The problem 
is that I can make the window float, but when it floats then it won't 
drag down low enough to drop so it goes right back alongside the editor. 
 Let me try floating and then making the doc window really short... nope.

OK, I'm going to wipe everything off the main window and see if I can 
rebuild like the original layout...  I think I've got it, but found a 
programming bug.  So, a bit of quirkiness there because of lack of real 
estate even though I have pretty high resolution.

When the editor window is floating, it sits on top in the order, so it 
isn't the most functional mode of operation.  I have to think there 
might be some Qt settings to control this.  For example, if there is a 
way to make the editor window non-modal and have the Gnome (or whatever) 
window borders, that would be nice.  And in that case it would make 
sense to have the Octave icon in that system border to identify it 
belongs with Octave.  In its current form though, there is no need for 
an icon because the floating window can't be placed at an arbitrary 
depth as it is always on top of the Octave main window.

Dan

> Best, Torsten

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