Re: gnome-control-center: Determine categories by .desktop category?

[Thomas Wood <thos gnome org>]

Denis Washington wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Looking into the gnome-control-center code, it seems to me that the
> categories for the view are determined by the directroy structure inside
> of the "Preferences" menu directory. Wouldn't it be more practical if
> the category of a preferences item was determined by a category written
> into the "Categories" property in the .desktop file?
> gnome-mouse-properties, for instance, already has "HardwareSettings" in
> it's Categories value; we could add more categories, like
> "PersonalSettings" or "AccessibilitySettings", to the other .desktop
> files. This way, the preference entries can still all stay in the same
> menu directory, and the control center view would anyway be nicely
> categorized.
Sounds like a good idea, especially for your revised control center 
shell. I think overall the screenshot you posted earlier shows something 
heading in the right direction, so keep up the good work! I hope we can 
create a few more categories (or re-categorise), such as 
AppearanceSettings for Background, Theme and Font capplets.

-Thomas