[haiku-commits] Re: haiku: hrev48729 - in src: kits/interface add-ons/input_server/filters/switch_workspace add-ons/input_server/filters/minimize_all
- From: John Scipione <jscipione@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "haiku-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <haiku-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 03:33:10 -0500
On Tuesday, January 27, 2015, Adrien Destugues <pulkomandy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 12:33:18AM +0100, jscipione@xxxxxxxxx
> <javascript:;> wrote:
> > a0c83527188c: Add input server filters
> >
> > ... for switching workspaces (removed from BWindow) and
> > minimize all (aka Show Desktop).
> >
> > This moves the workspace switch behavior out of the BWindow class
> > and places it into it's own input server filter that does the same
> > thing. The difference is that you may now uninstall the workspace
> > switching filter to disable the behavior. These shortcuts were not
> > included in the BeOS R5 version of BWindow so represent additional
> > behavior added to Haiku.
> >
> > minimize_all (aka Show Desktop) is a new input server filter that
> > allows you to minimize all windows by pressing cmd+ctrl+D. If
> > you do not like this behavior you may uninstall the minimize_all
> > input server filter.
>
> I'm not sure an input_server filter for each shortcut is the best way to
> go. Also, requiring user to blacklist package entries to tweak this is
> not the right approach.
Ok consider this a start. I would next like to include a Deskbar add-in to
hook into these as well. One for Workspaces (I think we might already have
one) and one for Show Desktop.
> Shouldn't we instead go for a single "shortcuts" filter, which would be
> configured from Preferences/Shortcuts, allowing to customize the
> shortcuts and matched actions?
>
Honestly, I thought about that approach but I could not find how to make
Shortcuts work to do what I want. I suppose that I could make programs that
live are activated by Shortcuts. But in a way an input server filter is
already a small self contained program. We just need a way to hook into
input server filters to customize them. This could even be added into
Shortcuts.
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