Re: Discussion for a more robust panel layout

["Kalle Vahlman" <kalle vahlman gmail com>]

2007/7/8, Tomasz Torcz <zdzichu irc pl>:
> On Sun, Jul 08, 2007 at 05:22:30PM +0300, Kalle Vahlman wrote:
> > I'd rather see some gravity settings ("always try to go towards the
> > left edge"), since that's where you'll want to have the applets
> > anyway, on the edges.
>
>   Not true. Maybe grouping (if space_beetween applets <
> half_panel_width, then move applets close together).

Grouping, yes, also _GRAVITY_NONE and _GRAVITY_CENTER. Maybe even a
"light" gravity option, eg. your applet is already in the left 1/3
portion of the panel => no change.

> Keeping applets
> only on edges isn't practical -- it takes more time to differentiate and
> target tightly grouped applets.

I wasn't too clear, but I didn't mean _only_ edges, if you have your
applets on the edge you'll likely want them to be in the edge after
the resolution change too, no?

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