Features/Replace GtkMenu
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Summary
Get rid of Gtk.Menu based palettes - use a modal.
Owner
- Name: Sam
- Email: sam@sl.o
- I do not own this feature, I just made the wiki page.
Current status
- Targeted release: 0.108
- Last updated: 24/May/2015
- Percentage of completion: 0%
Detailed Description
GtkMenu palettes (namely, clipboard and journal) are hard to maintain and theme. They should be removed.
The only reason they are used now is because they support nesting of menus. However, a modal could be used instead.
Benefit to Sugar
This will make sugar easier to maintain and reduce the amount of visual bugs.
Scope
Adding a modal should be a quick process. It would probably only involve:
- Adding a modal primative to `sugar3.graphics.sleectormodal`
- Migrating the 2 users of the GtkMenu to the modal and GtkWindow based palettes
UI Design
Resources
How To Test
Features/Replace GtkMenu/Testing
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