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Re: Popovers in GTK

 

When 3.12 really fixes the headerbar problem with the global menu (see [1])
then i'm 100% in favor of GTK+ 3.12.

- Raphael
[1] http://imgur.com/9d7HF4q

Am 23.01.2014 16:33 schrieb "Daniel Foré" <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Hey Cody,
>
> Yes those are entirely theme related and fixable. My only hesitation is
> introducing fixes for 3.12 that may break 3.10 unless we're sure we're
> targeting 3.12
> Cheers,
>
> Daniel Foré
> elementaryos.org
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 7:04 AM, Cody Garver <cody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> I've been using the PPA for a while and the only bugs I've observed are
>> theme related like ugly notebooks and boxes around headerbar close and
>> maximize buttons. At least I assume those are theme related.
>>
>> I don't know if you've mentioned it before, but another benefit of 3.12
>> is headerbars can have more than just the close button.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Jan 23, 2014, at 8:54 AM, "Daniel Foré" <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>  Hey dudes,
>>
>> As you may know, popovers have landed in GTK!
>> http://blogs.gnome.org/mclasen/2014/01/22/and-now-popovers/
>>
>> AFAIK, this means they will be available in GTK 3.12, which is imo yet
>> another reason to reach for GTK 3.12 by default in Isis. If I understand
>> correctly, the gnome team staging PPA for 14.04 is being set up such that
>> we should be able to get packages for 3.12
>>
>> This would imply another deprecated widget in Granite since the GTK
>> widget should be able to do everything that our widget does and hopefully
>> doesn't have the quirky bugs that our widget has.
>>
>> So, basically I think we should probably make a decision about whether we
>> intend to ship GTK 3.12 in Isis or not.
>>
>> --
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Daniel Foré
>>
>> elementaryos.org
>>
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