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Device types: Grouping different devices according to their characteristics into several types. These characteristics are - Input method - Screen size (in device independent pixels) - Screen orientation Device types are used in the HIG to recommend UI/UX patterns for each type. Devices can change from one type to another, eg rotating screen, adding/removing keyboard and mouse, ... After some discussion in the kirigami channel it was proposed to have these device types for applications: - mobile (1 hand use) - input method: touch - width: < 960 dip in landscape or < 600 dip in portrait - tablet (convertible in tablet mode) (2 hand use) - input method: touch - width: >= 960 dip in landscape or >= 600 dip in portrait - pc (tablet with keyboard+mouse / netbook/laptop / desktop) - input method: mouse/keyboard There might be different devices types to target for workspaces, plasmoids, ... , but that's not the scope of this discussion. There are several other device types that are out of scope of Kirigami and the KDE HIG for the moment: - Watches, needing their own design for the tiny screen size - TV, remote control as input device - VR Head sets - ...

Device types: Grouping different devices according to their characteristics into several types. https://hig.kde.org/introduction/devicetypes.html These characteristics are - Input method - Screen size (in device independent pixels) - Screen orientation Device types are used in the HIG to recommend UI/UX patterns for each type. Devices can change from one type to another, eg rotating screen, adding/removing keyboard and mouse, ... After some discussion in the kirigami channel it was proposed to have these device types for applications: - mobile (1 hand use) - input method: touch - width: < 960 dip in landscape or < 600 dip in portrait - tablet (convertible in tablet mode) (2 hand use) - input method: touch - width: >= 960 dip in landscape or >= 600 dip in portrait - pc (tablet with keyboard+mouse / netbook/laptop / desktop) - input method: mouse/keyboard There might be different devices types to target for workspaces, plasmoids, ... , but that's not the scope of this discussion. There are several other device types that are out of scope of Kirigami and the KDE HIG for the moment: - Watches, needing their own design for the tiny screen size - TV, remote control as input device - VR Head sets - ...

Device types: Grouping different devices according to their characteristics into several types. https://hig.kde.org/introduction/devicetypes.html These characteristics are - Input method - Screen size (in device independent pixels) - Screen orientation Device types are used in the HIG to recommend UI/UX patterns for each type. Devices can change from one type to another, eg rotating screen, adding/removing keyboard and mouse, ... After some discussion in the kirigami channel it was proposed to have these device types for applications: - mobile (1 hand use) - input method: touch - width: < 960 dip in landscape or < 600 dip in portrait - tablet (convertible in tablet mode) (2 hand use) - input method: touch - width: >= 960 dip in landscape or >= 600 dip in portrait - pc (tablet with keyboard+mouse / netbook/laptop / desktop) - input method: mouse/keyboard There might be different devices types to target for workspaces, plasmoids, ... , but that's not the scope of this discussion. There are several other device types that are out of scope of Kirigami and the KDE HIG for the moment: - Watches, needing their own design for the tiny screen size - TV, remote control as input device - VR Head sets - ...