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[Sergio Schvezov <sergio.schvezov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 8:38 AM, Tim Peeters <tim.peeters@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Probably you saw the blog posts on design.canonical.com about the new header
> and bottom edge:
> http://design.canonical.com/2014/03/new-apps-header/
> http://design.canonical.com/2014/03/loving-the-bottom-edge/
> for this to work, we need some changes in the ubuntu-ui-toolkit. In this
> e-mail I will give a short overview of how we are bringing you these
> changes.
>
> Currently there is a useDeprecatedToolbar property in MainView that disables
> the toolbar when unset (default value is true), see
> file:///usr/share/ubuntu-ui-toolkit/doc/html/qml-ubuntu-components-mainview.html#useDeprecatedToolbar-prop
> (included in the ubuntu-ui-toolkit-doc package, the online docs are not
> up-to-date with this change yet). Even though there is no replacement for
> the functionality of the toolbar yet, setting useDeprecatedToolbar to false
> makes the bottom edge available for experiments.
>
> Next we will introduce the following changes to the header:
> - Replace the current tab bar by a drawer button in the left of the header
> that opens a popover that lists the tabs
> - Move the back button to the header
> - Show actions in the header
> - Introduce new API for defining the layout of the header and the actions in
> it
>
> These changes are being introduced step-by-step, and only when
> useDeprecatedToolbar is set to false, so that existing apps without changes
> will not break any functionality. I expect the first version of the tabs in
> the drawer to land next week, and the back button and actions in the header
> in May.
>
> Let me know if you have questions or suggestions.

Is this change going to be aligned with a declaration of a new click
framework? Just so it doesn't end up in a trusty install.