Most of our desktop applications have a toolbar, sometimes theyeven have multiple toolbars next to or stacked on top of each other.More complex desktop appli...

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/3073291

“Most of our desktop applications have a toolbar, sometimes they even have multiple toolbars next to or stacked on top of each other. More complex desktop applications such as Krita, Kdenlive or LabPlot often consist of multiple sub-windows, docks, tabbed views, etc. Docks and toolbars can be undocked, moved around and arranged freely and when dragged over a part of a window snap back into the window. This allows the user to customize their work environment to their liking and needs. This worked fine on X because it lets you do anything, this post explores the situation on Wayland.”

  • Kernel@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Gnome and some KDE applications used to offer tear-off menus that could be positioned anywhere, similar to NeXTSTEP and its derivatives. Seemed like a neat idea that still deserves some consideration.