just a comment to those working on this - thank you,

Hi guys, if you need to share the load, i'm happy to help too.

I haven't started work on the ModuleView yet. Currently going to improve the configuration dialog, and try to get the Icon View categorisation + modules displaying properly.

It might be better ( in terms of reducing code duplication ) to pass QModelIndex, up to you though.

You might find the code in kcmultiwidget.cpp ( part of system settings ) to be of help.

I'm very interested to see you've started this, as I was going to work on it for openSUSE 11.2: http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/3889

Although I see that Celeste feels strongly about it...

It should also be quite easy to create other new views as well, such as a WinXP style if one desired thanks to the plugin architecture. The only main component that needs work now is the ModuleView.

The default is set in the code for the Icon View, so Celeste has nothing to worry about, users will still see it first.

msoeken: Have you started work on the ModuleView?

bcooksley wrote:msoeken: Have you started work on the ModuleView?

Haven't got the time yet. If you wouldn't start I will probably start on thursday.

No problem. I have a nasty search bug to fix.

I don't know HTML that well, so here is a small todo:

Today I implemented showing Icons in the Category list for the Classic Tree View, which lists the Modules / Categories that are contained in that category. ( Used on Right side of application ). However those Icons are currently not vertically centered on the text. The Todo is to vertically center them. The code is located in classic/CategoryView.cpp around line 83. ( trunk/playground/base/kcontrol4/src/classic/CategoryView.cpp )

I have now fixed the above Icon centering issue. Next I will add grip bars so the Tree of modules can be freely resized.

Brandybuck wrote:

Hans wrote:By the way 2, wasn't KControl always considered "messy", "hard to navigate", "confusing to new users" etc. in KDE3?

I had heard that, but always assumed it was Gnomish trolling. The only differences I can see between kcontrol and system settings are tree view versus modified icon view. Do people really get frightened by the sight of tree views?

more significant are the many settings possible in kcontrol that are omitted from system-settings

For those interested, commit 928253 reduces load time to that Below ( yes below, as in less than ) that of System Settings. Previously it was .6 real time seconds slower than system settings. Now it is .06 real time seconds faster.

msoeken: What is the status of the work on ModuleView? Please commit if some has been made.

Msoeken has now committed an initial version, however it is still in early Alpha

Msoeken: What do you think about moving the ModuleView into a KPageDialog from a KDialog? Is there a need for it?
I will not be able to complete the work on the Icon view until a decision has been reached.

It has to be a KPageDialog, because when opening a KCModuleInfo with multiple "child modules" they have to be loaded into several pages. This should be done in ModuleView, because there are maybe other modes besides IconMode in future where this is necessary and so we have no duplicate code. Perhaps I can implement it in the evening today.