[Sugar-devel] Download Manager ProgressBar [DESIGN]

James Cameron quozl at laptop.org
Wed Feb 3 18:30:36 EST 2016


Thanks.  Yes, the position is as I described.

Your question puzzles me.  I didn't think there was any ambiguity or
doubt.  It is unfortunate that I'm the only one who has posted about
the positioning of this design change.

Is it because you have an alternate suggestion?

Good to hear combining the widgets worked.  Looking forward to seeing
a patch or pull request.

On Thu, Feb 04, 2016 at 03:49:54AM +0530, Utkarsh Tiwari wrote:
> @James Is this the icon position you were talking about as shown in the
> attachment below? Your hint for using ProgressIcon alongwith Toolbutton worked!
> ;) 
> 
> On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 2:17 AM, James Cameron <[1]quozl at laptop.org> wrote:
> 
>     A ToolButton normally has an Icon.
> 
>     Instead of the Icon, assign the ProgressIcon?
> 
>     As nobody else may have done this, you may need to find and fix any
>     bugs in ProgressIcon or ToolButton that prevent it.
> 
>     On Mon, Feb 01, 2016 at 11:31:28PM +0530, Utkarsh Tiwari wrote:
>     > Is there any way to use a ProgressIcon as a Toolbutton ?
>     >
>     > On 2/1/16, Sam P. <sam at sam.today> wrote:
>     > > Hello!
>     > >
>     > > Maybe just a large down arrow and fill it vertically?  See
>     > > 'emblem-downloads' or 'transfer-from' in sugar-artwork.
>     > >
>     > > Thanks,
>     > > Sam
>     > >
>     > >
>     > > On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 9:15 AM, Utkarsh Tiwari <[2]
>     iamutkarshtiwari at gmail.com>
>     > > wrote:
>     > >
>     > >> How should the Icon for "Download Button" look like? Could you please
>     > >> provide me some artwork for reference. ?
>     > >>
>     > >> On 2/1/16, Utkarsh Tiwari <[3]iamutkarshtiwari at gmail.com> wrote:
>     > >> > Omg! I have been looking all over internet on how to integrate a
>     > >> > Gtk.ProgressBar into Gtk.Toolbutton and I even tried using
>     > >> > Gtk.CssProvider styler to scale down the progressbar to a button :D
>     > >> > Now that(ProgressIcon.py) sounds really cool!
>     > >> >
>     > >> > Thank you :) You made my work a bit easier ;)
>     > >> >
>     > >> > On 2/1/16, James Cameron <[4]quozl at laptop.org> wrote:
>     > >> >> ProgressBar from Gtk is overkill, we already have a ProgressIcon
>     > >> >> in Sugar.
>     > >> >>
>     > >> >> In sugar-toolkit-gtk3:
>     > >> >>
>     > >> >> Look at progressicon.py, you will see it does not use a
>     ProgressBar,
>     > >> >> but has a __draw_cb method connected to the "draw" signal.
>     > >> >>
>     > >> >> Look at toolbutton.py, you will see it wraps ToolButton do_draw
>     > >> >> method.
>     > >> >>
>     > >> >> On Mon, Feb 01, 2016 at 12:10:25AM +0530, Utkarsh Tiwari wrote:
>     > >> >>> "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 <[5]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?
>     > >> >>> >>
>     > >> >>> >> [6]http://imgur.com/T0hirTZ
>     > >> >>> >>
>     > >> >>> >> On 1/27/16, James Cameron <[7]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][8]http://imgur.com/WUJL8eX
>     > >> >>> >> >>
>     > >> >>> >> >> Since the download progress bar is popping over the browse
>     > >> >>> >> >> activity,
>     > >> >>> >> >> is
>     > >> >>> >> >> it
>     > >> >>> >> >> feasible?
>     > >> >>> >> >>
>     > >> >>> >> >> regards,
>     > >> >>> >> >> Utkarsh Tiwari
>     > >> >>> >> >>
>     > >> >>> >> >> References:
>     > >> >>> >> >>
>     > >> >>> >> >> [1] [9]http://imgur.com/WUJL8eX
>     > >> >>> >> >
>     > >> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________
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>     > >> >>> >> >> [11]http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
>     > >> >>> >> >
>     > >> >>> >> >
>     > >> >>> >> > --
>     > >> >>> >> > James Cameron
>     > >> >>> >> > [12]http://quozl.netrek.org/
>     > >> >>> >> > _______________________________________________
>     > >> >>> >> > Sugar-devel mailing list
>     > >> >>> >> > [13]Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
>     > >> >>> >> > [14]http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
>     > >> >>> >> >
>     > >> >>> >
>     > >> >>> > --
>     > >> >>> > James Cameron
>     > >> >>> > [15]http://quozl.netrek.org/
>     > >> >>> >
>     > >> >>
>     > >> >> --
>     > >> >> James Cameron
>     > >> >> [16]http://quozl.netrek.org/
>     > >> >>
>     > >> >
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>     > >
> 
>     --
>     James Cameron
>     [19]http://quozl.netrek.org/
> 
> References:
> 
> [1] mailto:quozl at laptop.org
> [2] mailto:iamutkarshtiwari at gmail.com
> [3] mailto:iamutkarshtiwari at gmail.com
> [4] mailto:quozl at laptop.org
> [5] mailto:quozl at laptop.org
> [6] http://imgur.com/T0hirTZ
> [7] mailto:quozl at laptop.org
> [8] http://imgur.com/WUJL8eX
> [9] http://imgur.com/WUJL8eX
> [10] mailto:Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
> [11] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
> [12] http://quozl.netrek.org/
> [13] mailto:Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
> [14] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
> [15] http://quozl.netrek.org/
> [16] http://quozl.netrek.org/
> [17] mailto:Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
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> [19] http://quozl.netrek.org/



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