[haiku-development] Re: RoundRect ButtonFrame
- From: pulkomandy <pulkomandy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:54:41 +0100
On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 04:08:03PM -0500, Joseph Groover wrote:
> >IIRC, the plan for BControlLook was to make it replaceable like
> >decorators. A rounded version might be a good way to experiment with
> >that. I'm not sure I'd make it a default, but maybe some people that
> >keep saying the UI looks "dated" would like it. Seems round stuff is
> >what's modern in the 2000s (unless Windows 8 makes square look modern
> >again ;))
> >
>
> Yes, I'm planning to do that as part of my decorator modifications
> after I finish compositing (working fervently on that:
> https://github.com/looncraz/haiku/tree/compositing ... and I've done
> much more today).
>
> My plan is to make a separate add-on for each control look,
> decorator, and behavior so you can combine them in any way you
> please using an (XML?) theme file to share your results (themes
> would also combine font settings, screen saver, backgrounds, icons,
> sound profiles, etc...).
>
> Much of this is merely a continuation of PhOS code.
>
> Of course, I can only write it and Haiku accepts it ;-)
I don't think the full theming engine (with xml and whatever) should be
part of Haiku; maybe you already know of the BeTheme project. Still,
Haiku should support replacing the looks and feels, even if it does only
provide a single version in the stock install.
--
Adrien.
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