Re: UI for configuring plugin

[Reinout van Schouwen <reinouts gnome org>]

Hi Magnus,

On Sat, 22 Apr 2006, Magnus Therning wrote:

> I'd like to add a GUI for configuration that's accessible from within 
> epiphany, but I'm not really sure where to place it. A tab in the 
> Preferences, or maybe an added menu item somewhere (Tools menu, or 
> under Edit)? Both have draw-backs...

Since Epilicious is primarily bookmark-related, why not put a menu item 
for it in the Bookmarks menu? That still shouldn't prevent the actual 
UI being implemented as a tab in, for instance, the Personal Info 
editor. (I must add that I don't know whether the extensions API offers 
a method to do this.)

> Is there some guidance written down on how a plugin should provide a 
> UI for configuration?

Not that I'm aware of. But try to be consistent with the HIG and the 
rest of the Epiphany UI and you'll be fine :-)

By the way, have you considered committing Epilicious to 
epiphany-extensions cvs? We can leave it disabled by default for as 
long as it hasn't reached 1.0, but it might give your extension a bit 
wider audience!

regards,

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