diff --git a/_posts/2019-11-01-Plasma-Mobile-Weekly-update-5.md b/_posts/2019-11-01-Plasma-Mobile-Weekly-update-5.md index 1ff2b0f..ac8fe99 100644 --- a/_posts/2019-11-01-Plasma-Mobile-Weekly-update-5.md +++ b/_posts/2019-11-01-Plasma-Mobile-Weekly-update-5.md @@ -1,90 +1,87 @@ --- title: "Plasma Mobile: weekly update: part 5" created_at: 2019-11-01 10:00:00 UTC+2 author: Plasma Mobile team layout: post --- The Plasma Mobile team is happy to present the fifth weekly blogpost. This week's update features various shell user-interface improvements, bug fixes as well as polishing of various applications. - -Prepared showing PlaMo at QtWS, Prepared GCI tasks for KTrip and plasma-phonebook - https://invent.kde.org/kde/plasma-phone-components/merge_requests/35/ https://invent.kde.org/kde/plasma-phone-components/merge_requests/34 https://phabricator.kde.org/D24786 https://gitlab.com/postmarketOS/pmaports/merge_requests/702 Plasma Camera now displays the proper symbolic icon in the global drawer (Jonah Brüchert) https://invent.kde.org/kde/okular/merge_requests/56 (if merged before blog post) Ofono phonesim upstreaming started (https://lists.ofono.org/hyperkitty/list/ofono@ofono.org/message/NMV4XUH7V3VCIPGBGPG4MBMXV2IBHBZN/) qrca and keysmith are now KDE projects Maui Project [wip] MauiKit Mauikit has gained some new components meant to follow the design patterns proposed in the HIG: ActionGroup: meant to be used in the application main header to navigate the application views and also indicates the current view. ToolActions: meant to group together a set of actions which can be expanded in two different directions: Vertically in a menu popup (menuitems) and horizontally: expanding its content and revealing the actions (toolbuttons) ToolButtonMenu: a toolbutton with a menu :') Those new components were added to minimize the visual clutter in the application interfaces. Other components like the FileBrowser, used by Index and also by the FileDialog component have been improved: the search now works as expected by also looking into the files name suffixes, and on abstract locations like tags:// or applications:// the search now works by filtering the content. The preferencesn like sorting order are now correctly saved per application using such component. The FileBrowswer has been clean up and is now much clean visually. The configurable options have been moved to its own configuration dialog. [config dialog here] The inline notification dialog now has a dedicated button to triggered a reponse action, instead of having to click the popup to perform such action, which was unclear. The flickable ToolBar now has edge shadows to indicate the content goes beyond the border and can be flicked. Maui Style The style now better styles more components, like checkboxes, radio buttons, menu items, sliders, switches, etc... Index The places sidebar now auto-refreshes when new tags are created. You can open a path-bar path in a different tab Menu items have been better organized and now have icons Vvave Vvave now makes use of URL structures instead of strings to better identify local files from remote ones, this is some initial work in order to support streaming from remote locations. Many bugs have been fixed on the playlists view. Many parts have been moved to loaders to improve the performance and launch time by only loading them when needed. The artwork is now once again correctly fetched from online sources, and the delegates are updated once new artwork has been found one by one, instead of reloading the whole set. The MainPlaylist sidebar no longer overlaps other content, like menus and dialogs. The tracklist and album grid delegates are using MauiKit item delegates for better visual integration with the other apps The floating disk is back, and it indicates a track is playing and by clicking the MainPlaylist is revealed There is a new dedicated "focus" view For a better experience tracks are now added and start playing once you tap on them, instead of just appending them to the mainPlaylist The selection mode now works like it doesn on Index, you can select multiple tracks and they selected state is preserved. And now vvave can stream music files from NextCloud Music app, you just need to set up a valid account and the tracks will appear under the Cloud view. This is still under work. Pix With so many recent changes and improvements on MauiKit, Pix, was getting outdated, it now has been brought up to date with the latest MauiKit ## Want to be part of it? Next time your name could be here! To find out the right task for you, from promotion to core system development, check out [Find your way in Plasma Mobile](https://www.plasma-mobile.org/findyourway). We are also always happy to welcome new contributors on our [public channels](https://www.plasma-mobile.org/join). See you there!