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+/*
+ *   Copyright 2012-2013 Daniel Nicoletti <dantti12@gmail.com>
+ *   Copyright 2013, 2015 Kai Uwe Broulik <kde@privat.broulik.de>
+ *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+ *   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 or
+ *   (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details
+ *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ *   License along with this program; if not, write to the
+ *   Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ *   51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+import QtQuick 2.0
+import QtQuick.Layouts 1.1
+
+import org.kde.plasma.core 2.0 as PlasmaCore
+import org.kde.plasma.components 2.0 as Components
+
+RowLayout {
+    property alias icon: brightnessIcon.source
+    property alias label: brightnessLabel.text
+    property alias value: brightnessSlider.value
+    property alias maximumValue: brightnessSlider.maximumValue
+
+    spacing: units.gridUnit
+
+    PlasmaCore.IconItem {
+        id: brightnessIcon
+        Layout.alignment: Qt.AlignTop
+        Layout.preferredWidth: units.iconSizes.medium
+        Layout.preferredHeight: width
+    }
+
+    Column {
+        id: brightnessColumn
+        Layout.fillWidth: true
+        Layout.alignment: Qt.AlignTop
+        spacing: 0
+
+        Components.Label {
+            id: brightnessLabel
+            width: parent.width
+            height: paintedHeight
+        }
+
+        Components.Slider {
+            id: brightnessSlider
+            width: parent.width
+            // Don't allow the slider to turn off the screen
+            // Please see https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/122505/ for more information
+            minimumValue: maximumValue > 100 ? 1 : 0
+            stepSize: 1
+        }
+    }
+}