[ubuntu-art] Unified menu/menubaritem

Sun Jan 13 03:14:31 GMT 2008

I asked about the eXperience engine earlier.  I saw a screenshot with a one peice menubaritem and menu.  I finally got the engine to install, but it's buggy.  I looked at the code for the menu and it's way beyond me.  Compiz is still a problem.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Hardy/Alternate/Union?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=menuExperience.png
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> Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 18:31:08 +0100
> From: jhasse at gmail.com
> To: ubuntu-art at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] Union mock-up compiz problem.
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> A menu is a new XWindow. Compiz draws a shadow around it, because it does this with all windows. I think it will be difficult to tell Compiz the position of the menubaritem. Unfortunately this is a completely different case then a GtkNotebook.
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> On Jan 8, 2008 6:06 PM, xl cheese <xl_cheese at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Perhaps we can reuse the code that draws the gtkNotebook.
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> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Hardy/Alternate/Union?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=C__Documents+and+Settings_whayslip_My+Documents_My+Pictures_twf.png
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>> Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 17:40:56 +0100
>> From: mikkel.kamstrup at gmail.com
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>> To: ubuntu-art at lists.ubuntu.com
>> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] Union mock-up compiz problem.
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>> On 08/01/2008, xl cheese < xl_cheese at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> That's actually the way clearlooks comes out of the box. I just adjusted
>>> the color inside the engine to highlight the apps/places/system with the
>>> normal bg color instead of orange.
>>>
>>> I wonder if the engine could draw the tab/menu combo as one widget and
>>> compiz would recognize it and draw the shadow the way we want?
>>>
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>> If I understand correctly you suggest using some kind of shaped window
>> for menu+tab_header and then overlay that the normal menu button. That
>> might work if done correctly, but it is quite tricky I think.
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>> While it might be technically possibly for the theme to rewrite the
>> window position for the popup (to have it north-east corner match that
>> of the panel button), I think it is a can of worms. This might trigger
>> all kinds of unknown position and focus bugs (which are notoriously
>> hard to right).
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>> And alternative solution is to patch gtk+ itself, but that will
>> probably break all theme not using this trick...
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>> Sorry, if I sound negative. I shall twist my brain to try and come up
>> with more constructive response...
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>> Cheers,
>> Mikkel
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>>> Looking at the potential dropdown problem of one item flowing into the next,
>>> plus the shadow at the same intersection, why not go the opposite direction?
>>>
>>> Where the music selection has the solid orange highlight, why not copy it
>>> onto the places button? That way the highlight has continuity with the
>>> button, and it eliminates both the shadow and the border issue. So really,
>>> just make places the solid orange too.
>>>
>>> Amazing work!
>>> -- Ken V
>>>
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>>> On Jan 7, 2008 6:25 PM, xl cheese <xl_cheese at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>> I think compiz will put a damper on the nice menus and menubaritem
>>> combination.
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>>> Compiz puts a shadow all the way around the menu.
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>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Hardy/Alternate/Union?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=menu.png
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>>> It may also be tricky to have the engine draw the 1px border around the menu
>>> except for the intersection of the menu and menubaritem. I'm sure the right
>>> programmer could make it happen tho.
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>>>> Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 01:44:02 -0500
>>>> From: vermette at gmail.com
>>>> To: ubuntu-art at lists.ubuntu.com
>>>> Subject: [ubuntu-art] Union mock-up updates ending.
>>>>
>>>> Updates to the union mock ups and sources are officially ending. While
>>> working on the most recent update, my laptop froze completely, and now it
>>> appears to be completely dead. Because I'm beginning military training on
>>> the 13th, there's no point in fixing the 6-year old beast of a laptop.
>>>>
>>>> The data might be fine (I think it's the graphics card), and I'm going to
>>> plug my hard-drive into a desktop computer to see if I still have my work;
>>> depending on how this goes, I might get one more update loaded into the
>>> wiki, after that I'll make the most of my time with the family before I
>>> leave. If my data is corrupt or irretrievable, then I'll be forced to forget
>>> any more updates.
>>>>
>>>> The 0.4 update was the second last planned before calling the theme design
>>> "final". It unified outlines throughout the theme, added an additional
>>> button to the bottom of the windows, and overall had some colour balancing.
>>> If anyone wants to get a step closer to the planned design, follow the steps
>>> below:
>>>>
>>>> - Brown lines throughout the chrome receive 35% opacity, including drag
>>> circles.
>>>> - Window frame button outlines receive converted tab outlines, becoming
>>> more square and sharp.
>>>> - Close button no longer fades to the right, instead going into the edge
>>> of the window and only fading at the top.
>>>>
>>>> From here on out, I'm a useless bag of opinions until I leave (sucks to be
>>> this mailing list now, eh?). I'll try to keep up, and my email will always
>>> be open. If I do manage the update, a tar.gz will be available with all of
>>> my materials, including wallpapers, all versions of the theme, experiments,
>>> notes, personal instructions and my Formulae Tru design shown in my
>>> deviantart account, below.
>>>>
>>>> http://raraken.deviantart.com/
>>>>
>>>> Thank you, extreme apologies for any and all trouble this may cause.
>>>> -Ken Vermette
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