[Sugar-devel] Download Manager ProgressBar [DESIGN]

[Utkarsh Tiwari]

"The button to be a blend of ProgressIcon and ToolButton". How to
convert a Gtk.ProgressBar to a Browse ToolButton?

On 1/27/16, James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org> wrote:
> No.
>
> The position marked by your cursor seems to be inside the URL entry
> box.
>
> I said between the URL entry box and the back button.
>
> Review the Browse source code that defines these objects.
>
> On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 11:39:03AM +0530, Utkarsh Tiwari wrote:
>> Is this the exact expected location you were talking about the
>> 'download button' as shown in the screenshot below?
>>
>> http://imgur.com/T0hirTZ
>>
>> On 1/27/16, James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org> wrote:
>> > Thanks for working on this.
>> >
>> > Our Sugar human interface guidelines and existing code base don't have
>> > decorated floating windows or window management.  Your proposal would
>> > not scale to multiple downloads.
>> >
>> > You might ask for design suggestions on this mailing list.
>> >
>> > I've resisted making design suggestions on this problem because I
>> > don't want to constrain the good ideas that may come up.
>> >
>> > To get the design conversation started ...
>> >
>> > When the first download begins, show a button at the top between the
>> > URL entry box and the back button.
>> >
>> > The button to be a blend of ProgressIcon and ToolButton, with the
>> > progress fill to show average progress of all downloads.
>> >
>> > When the button is pressed a download tab is to be shown in the
>> > canvas, which lists downloads and progress.
>> >
>> > The download tab can be closed like any other tab.
>> >
>> > The button is to be be hidden before any downloads are started, shown
>> > on start of first download, and only hidden if the download tab is
>> > closed when there are no downloads still active.
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 06:08:32PM +0530, Utkarsh Tiwari wrote:
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >>      I am trying to integrate the "Download ProgressBar" in the
>> >> download
>> >> manager. Here is the screenshot of the prototype on which I am
>> >> currently
>> >> working -> [1]http://imgur.com/WUJL8eX
>> >>
>> >> Since the download progress bar is popping over the browse activity,
>> >> is
>> >> it
>> >> feasible?
>> >>
>> >> regards,
>> >> Utkarsh Tiwari
>> >>
>> >> References:
>> >>
>> >> [1] http://imgur.com/WUJL8eX
>> >
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