Re: GWorkspace.app Feature Request-- Tabbed Shelf

[Enrico Sersale]

On 2003-06-22 21:31:49 +0300 Nicolas Roard <nicolas@roard.com> wrote:

> On 2003-06-22 10:32:03 +0000 Enrico Sersale <enrico@dtedu.net> wrote:
>
> > Yes, I'd like to write such a thing.
> > I knew that screenshot and I've the sources of that free version from peanuts.
> > The only problem, visible if you look at the screenshot, is that I can't have 
> > transparent space between the tabs. The NSTabView must be in a borderless 
> > window and this window will have a background color; it will not be transparent.
> > If somebody can suggest a solution for this or a aesthetically valid 
> > alternative, I'll write the shelf.
>
> I already wrote a panel like that : 
> http://www.roard.com/screenshots/screenshot_gnustep.png
> sources available here : http://www.roard.com/download/Panel.tgz You could have 
> a transparent windows (that's the case), but it's only possible
> with back-art.
>
> I'm currently in the process of rewriting it cleanly, and with more features
> (possibility of using it as a shelf or a dock (nextstep and osx style)). 
> Screenshots (1-6) here :
> http://www.xdev.org/Dock6.png

Cool! Do you think to release something soon?
Two question: in the screenshot there is a file viewer that uses a browser with icons in 
the matrix cells; is it my browser with "styleMask |= GWIconCellsMask" or 
something else? And I see that you have icons of .jpg files that show a preview of the 
image. How do you get this?