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| ''Designed by MarkShuttleworth, specified by MatthewPaulThomas'' | <<Include(Ayatana/PageTemplate/Header)>> |
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| Windicators extend the idea of application indicators to individual windows. They are mini menus that sit at the trailine end of a window’s title bar. | ''Designed by MarkShuttleworth, written up by MatthewPaulThomas'' |
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| Mark’s post: http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/333 | Window indicators, or “windicators”, are menus that appear at the trailing end of a window’s title bar, or in the panel when the window is maximized. Application developers should use windicators for reflecting status, and allowing change of status, for the item or items presented in the window. Reference: http://www.markshuttleworth.com/?p=333 == Detecting the windicator mechanism == An application developer should ... {{{ mywindicator = windicator_new (window); if (windicator_in_titlebar(mywindicator)) { ... } }}} They're menus (not buttons) specified in DbusMenu. API for determining whether windicators are available - fallback for drawing the menus somewhere inside the window if they're not When maximized, they all appear to the leading side of all application indicators. Differences from app indicators: - program can specify the order that they appear in the title bar Title is symbolic icon and/or text There's no mouseover event. == Proof-of-concept implementations == === Evolution === {{attachment:evolution.jpg}} === F-Spot === {{attachment:f-spot.jpg}} === Firefox === {{attachment:firefox.jpg}} === F-Spot === {{attachment:f-spot.jpg}} === Gimp === {{attachment:gimp.jpg}} === Mumble === {{attachment:mumble.jpg}} == Unresolved issues == |
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| - show 5 application windows, using windicators - evolution (& thunderbird for bonus points) - firefox (&chromium for bonus points) - gimp - f-spot - mumble - others? |
* show 5 application windows, using windicators * evolution (& thunderbird for bonus points) * firefox (&chromium for bonus points) * gimp * f-spot * mumble * others? |
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| - define the kinds of indicator menu titles - icons - numbers+icons? (900 mails) - letters (keyboard style?) |
* define the kinds of indicator menu titles * icons * numbers+icons? (900 mails) * letters (keyboard style?) |
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| - define windicator ordering - apps can add, update, remove windicators - apps specify order explicitly (not just order added) - mapping into panel when maximised |
* define windicator ordering * apps can add, update, remove windicators * apps specify order explicitly (not just order added) * mapping into panel when maximised |
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| - scope and define APIs - relationship and similarities to AppIndicators - dbus-menu |
* scope and define APIs * relationship and similarities to AppIndicators * dbus-menu |
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| - define visuals - theme names? - symbolic icons? |
* define visuals * theme names? * symbolic icons? |
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| == API == == Treatment of the API == |
* define window management interaction * windicators on alt-tab window previews * windicators on expose presentation of windows |
Designed by MarkShuttleworth, written up by MatthewPaulThomas
Window indicators, or “windicators”, are menus that appear at the trailing end of a window’s title bar, or in the panel when the window is maximized.
Application developers should use windicators for reflecting status, and allowing change of status, for the item or items presented in the window.
Reference: http://www.markshuttleworth.com/?p=333
Detecting the windicator mechanism
An application developer should ...
mywindicator = windicator_new (window);
if (windicator_in_titlebar(mywindicator)) {
...
}They're menus (not buttons) specified in DbusMenu.
API for determining whether windicators are available - fallback for drawing the menus somewhere inside the window if they're not
When maximized, they all appear to the leading side of all application indicators.
Differences from app indicators: - program can specify the order that they appear in the title bar
Title is symbolic icon and/or text
There's no mouseover event.
Proof-of-concept implementations
Evolution
F-Spot
Firefox
F-Spot
Gimp
Mumble
Unresolved issues
This spec needs to:
- show 5 application windows, using windicators
evolution (& thunderbird for bonus points)
firefox (&chromium for bonus points)
- gimp
- f-spot
- mumble
- others?
- define the kinds of indicator menu titles
- icons
- numbers+icons? (900 mails)
- letters (keyboard style?)
- define windicator ordering
- apps can add, update, remove windicators
- apps specify order explicitly (not just order added)
- mapping into panel when maximised
- scope and define APIs
relationship and similarities to AppIndicators
- dbus-menu
- define visuals
- theme names?
- symbolic icons?
- define window management interaction
- windicators on alt-tab window previews
- windicators on expose presentation of windows
Ayatana/Windicators (last edited 2011-08-21 17:11:22 by mpt)