Use GSettings for all Shell configuration. GConf is kept to read
configuration from external programs (Metacity, Nautilus and Magnifier),
but ShellGConf is removed because it's mostly useless for the few calls
we still have. Also get rid of unused GConf code in ShellAppSystem.
A basic GConf schema is still used to override Metacity defaults and
configure Magnifier in a system-wide fashion. GConf is also used as
GSettings backend via the GSETTINGS_BACKEND environment variable.
All of this will be removed when these programs have been ported
to GSettings and able to use dconf.
GLib 2.25.9 is required. Schemas are converted to the new XML format,
and compiled at build time in data/ so that the Shell can be run from
the source tree. This also requires setting the GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR
environment variable both when running installed or from source tree,
in src/gnome-shell.in and src/gnome-shell-clock-preferences.in.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=617917
While zoomed out in drag mode, the workspaces at the left and right
of the active workspace are slightly transparent - when switching
workspaces, one of the transparent workspaces becomes the new active
workspace, but its opacity is not updated.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=620940
When in drag mode, the linear view raises a transparent actor
covering the entire stage. That way the view can handle events
like dragging items to the screen edges, but in order to not
disable any drop target not handled by itself, it duplicates
huge amounts of code from dnd.js.
Cleanup that mess by using the new drag monitoring support.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=620504
Currently we don't get any drop events for dual screen modes with a screen
at the right, and behave weird by hardcoding the screen size and 0 as drag
edges.
Fix that by spawning the drop group over the whole stage and take the primary monitors position and size into account in _handleDragOver.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=620378
When dragging windows in linear view, the workspace zooms out to
allow moving the window to other workspaces. Enable the same
behaviour for items dragged from the dash.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=618055
While zoomed out, the workspaces view's drop target spans the entire
monitor to implement reactive screen edges. When a drop event is not
handled by the view, an attempt is made to pass it on down the stack,
but it doesn't work properly. Fix it by iterating the target's parents
as well.
Also improve the code which translates dnd coordinates to target
positions.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=619203
Currently, the drag and drop code assumes that on a successful drop
the target will either consume the drag actor or that it is otherwise
OK to destroy the actor.
As the drag behavior for window preview was changed, dropping a preview
on the dash now results in the preview being swallowed - to fix, add an
option to restore the actor in case of a successful drop as well.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=619203
There are some places in the code where we use both fixed positioning
and CSS. Currently we use either a combination of ClutterGroup and StBin,
or we uses StBoxLayout with fixed positioning. Replace those with the new
StGroup container.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=613907
This is our convention.
The only exceptions are double quotes for words in comments that give
them a special meaning (though beware that these quotes are not truly
necessary most of the time) and double quotes that need to be a part
of the output string.
It was previously possible to add a workspace above the maximum workspaces
limit by dragging an item to the "add workspace" button or using the middle
mouse button click.
Provide the user with feedback in the info bar when it is not possible to create
a new workspace or remove the current workspace.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=591645
This ensures that we launch the new instance of an application on the newly
added workspace in the grid view, in which we don't make the newly added
workspace active by default.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=591645
Currently there is no way for the user to cancel a workspace drag action,
which means the user has to complete the drag action before and move back
to the other workspace manually afterwards.
So cancel the drag action when the user stops.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=618062
Some of the workspace view controls are hidden when the number of
workspaces is one (view toggle button, scroll bar in single view).
Use a fade effect instead of showing/hiding the control abruptly.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=613456
When adding/removing workspaces in linear view, both workspaces and
scrollbar movement are animated, but the size of the scrollbar handle
changes abruptly. It is more consistent to animate the size change
as well.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=613456
When a dropped window is accepted by a workspace in linear view, it
is moved to the new workspace. After that, the view zooms back in on
the original workspace, resulting in the moved window disappearing
from the user's sight.
Change this rather unexpected behavior, so that a successful drop
triggers a switch to the new workspace. This also improves consistency
with drops on the (+) area.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=617785
Centralize the update of actor visibilities (overlays, shadows,
off-screen workspaces). Adjust the way scrolling is handled so
that it works correctly with removed workspaces.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=610191
If track-hover is set, update the hover property automatically, and
the "hover" pseudo class to match, as StClickable used to do. (Remove
the corresponding code in StClickable). Tweak the tooltip handling to
use track-hover, which also makes it slightly more reliable in the
presence of reactive children, etc.
Since style_class and pseudo_class are space-separated lists of names,
add new methods to add and remove individual names rather than just
re-setting the entire name.
Update existing code to use the new pseudo-class methods where
appropriate. In some cases, this may result in actors having multiple
pseudoclasses where previously they only had one at a time, but there
don't seem to be any visible differences.
(There are some places that could usefully use the new style_class
methods as well, but this patch doesn't change them.)
Also, update test-theme.c to test the new methods.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=604943
Currently, the workspace objects are destroyed and recreated on
view switches. Instead, keep the objects around and reparent the
workspace actors on view switches.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=610191
Depending on screen size and pointer position, the scroll bar used
to switch the active workspace in linear view may not be a convenient
target, so allow dragging the desktop as an alternative.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=610892
Currently we use two buttons to toggle between the different views,
one of them always being redundant.
Fix that by only use one button that changes it's style depending on
the current view.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=610801
Rename WorkspacesViewSwitch to WorkspacesControls and let it manage
all workspace controls. Do not destroy and recreate the controls bar
actor on each view change, but add it to the overview once and let it
update itself.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=610189
When workspaces slide in/out in mosaic view, they may cross with the
workspace controls, which looks pretty weird.
Also adjust the vertical spacing in the grid view so that the grid height
matches the workspace height in the linear view.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=610350
Unify the style of <delegate>.destroy() methods to only contain a
call to <delegate>.actor.destroy() and handle additional cleanup
in a _onDestroy() signal handler.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=609454
Instead of deleting workspaces immediately, animate the removal - it may
be useless eye-candy, but it's pretty sexy nonetheless ...
More seriously, the animation improves consistency with both workspace
additions and the mosaic view.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=609673
Currently the width of the gaps between workspaces in both linear
and mosaic view are defined as constants. Move these to the theme's
CSS instead.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=609673
Reorganize the code to break up positioning into:
1) updating workspace object's scale and position
2) applying the updated parameters to the workspace actor
3) scrolling the view to a particular workspace
4) handling dragging of the scroll bar
With these cleanups, it becomes much easier to fix
the following issues:
- use animations consistantly instead of doing hard breaks
for some actions and smooth transitions for others
- snap to the closest workspace when scrolling stops
(https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=607823)
- fix the regression of the zoomFromOverlay animation when
the selected app is on another workspace
(https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=609081)
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=609673
This way, clicking a message tray icon while the overview is open will
close the overview when activating its window.
Remove some other overview-related activation code which is now
redundant.
Also, remove calls to "global.get_current_time()" when calling
Main.activateWindow, since it's unnecessary (activateWindow will call
it itself if you don't pass in that arg).
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=609765
- add some spacing between buttons
- move controls closer to the workspaces view (we'll need that space
for the message tray)
- fix the look of the scrollbar background
- adjust sizes of theme images
- some general CSS cleanup
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=607872
