Use segmented buttons for tabbed windows in the taskbar.

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Moult Global Moderator Posts 663 Karma 2 OS	Use segmented buttons for tabbed windows in the taskbar. Fri Jul 02, 2010 7:32 am With the window tabbing feature introduced in KDE SC 4.4, I always found it a bit irksome to see the items displayed normally in the taskbar. I've always considered it to be a lot more intuitive to be grouped somehow. I never liked the vertical-list for window grouping but I've always wanted to see the taskbar items "merged" in some way. I propose for windows that are tabbed together to be displayed as a segmented button in the task manager. This is an example of a segmented button for those unsure of what it is: Moult, proud to be a member of KDE forums since 2008-Oct. thinkMoult - source for tech, art, and animation: hilarity and interest ensured! WIPUP.org - a unique system to share, critique and track your works-in-progress projects.
TheBlackCat Registered Member Posts 2945 Karma 8 OS	Use segmented buttons for tabbed windows in the taskbar. Fri Jul 02, 2010 5:33 pm Neither Qt nor KDE provide a segmented button. Are you sure plasma has this? Man is the lowest-cost, 150-pound, nonlinear, all-purpose computer system which can be mass-produced by unskilled labor. -NASA in 1965
Moult Global Moderator Posts 663 Karma 2 OS	Use segmented buttons for tabbed windows in the taskbar. Fri Jul 02, 2010 11:02 pm Nope - no idea at all. I know plasma has their weird "tab" widget which is similar, but that's it. What's stopping them from creating a new widget? Moult, proud to be a member of KDE forums since 2008-Oct. thinkMoult - source for tech, art, and animation: hilarity and interest ensured! WIPUP.org - a unique system to share, critique and track your works-in-progress projects.
TheBlackCat Registered Member Posts 2945 Karma 8 OS	Use segmented buttons for tabbed windows in the taskbar. Fri Jul 02, 2010 11:21 pm Plamsa mostly seems to using existing Qt widgets. Man is the lowest-cost, 150-pound, nonlinear, all-purpose computer system which can be mass-produced by unskilled labor. -NASA in 1965
chetankhona Registered Member Posts 129 Karma 0 OS	Use segmented buttons for tabbed windows in the taskbar. Sat Jul 03, 2010 4:31 am Great Idea! This can make task bar more intuitive and less cluttered.
flying sheep Registered Member Posts 56 Karma 0 OS	Use segmented buttons for tabbed windows in the taskbar. Thu Jul 28, 2011 11:24 am there is one implementation here: http://gitorious.org/+qt-developers/qt- ... ntedbutton but it needs polish. i like the idea, though!