This is useful in combination of non-modal TabBox through DBus and
window-strip layout. With DBus the non-modal TabBox can be started
and selecting any item on the strip will end TabBox again.
A new QML item "ThumbnailItem" is registered to the TabBox. The
C++ implementation finds the EffectWindow of the TabBox and adds
itself to the EffectWindow.
While rendering the EffectWindow the information for all registered
ThumbnailItems are extracted and the thumbnail is rendered on top
of the EffectWindow.
This has obvious limitations like you cannot put other QML items
on top of the thumbnail. Nevertheless it works well enough to
be a possible replacement for e.g. BoxSwitch effect.
When compositing is disabled an icon is rendered instead of the
Thumbnail.
One TabBox Layout inspired by BoxSwitch Effect is added. For the
KCM small pre-rendered items are used.
REVIEW: 103039
All the default layouts (informative, compact, text, small and big icons)
are rewritten in QML and replace the ListView used before. The old code
is still around for the desktop switching modes which are not yet ported.
Next steps include to update the configuration module to not show now
obsoleted settings as well as providing a better way to choose the layout.
REVIEW: 102948
* Models and Delegates for Clients and Desktops
* Horizontal, vertical and tabular layout
* Layout of one item can be configured by an XML definition
* A desktop item can include a client list
* An optional second list view showing only the selected item
* A new KCM "kwintabbox"
* An alternative TabBox with independent settings and keybindings
* Optional Highlight Windows effect integration
* List scrolls instead of removing items
* Scroll wheel support
* Cursor key support
* Middle click on item closes window
BUG: 195745
BUG: 197187
BUG: 201103
FEATURE: 118184
FEATURE: 156723
FEATURE: 177441
FEATURE: 182897
FEATURE: 193882
GUI:
svn path=/trunk/KDE/kdebase/workspace/; revision=1022861
Stefano Avallone
Marco Martin
Martin Gräßlin
Martin Gräßlin
Lucas Murray