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Stage 1: Collecting ideas
  • Change the listview for an iconview/grid wallpapers (filenames really don't matter for selecting a wallpaper)
    • A tooltip with name and original size is sufficient (+1)
  • “Open folder” as alternative to “open/add file” (many people keep their backgrounds in one folder)
    • We can drop the image lists and instead go for a random picture per-folder (so the list shows the contents of a single folder).
      • Why random? (I agree with the rest, showing a single folder, showing the selected picture as wallpaper)
      • Start with a random picture and then follow the list, or we have to save the last shown image.
      • I get it now, sorry for the confusion.
  • Drop the brightness and saturation meter (xfdesktop != image-editor)
  • “Hide” additional options for images in an “advanced” popup or tab (at least: auto-change every $n minutes, file-list)
  • Alternatives for tabs for additional displays? GtkCombobox (pro: consistent with display-dialog, con: not obvious whether there are new/additional displays)
    • Mac OS X uses individual dialogs for each monitor.
      • That's not a bad idea, but I think I'd need to see how they implemented it. I mean: at what stage do the dialogs separate? Are there simply 2 popping up next to each other when you click “desktop prefs” in the settings manager?
  • We can bundle background styles in a single combobox:
    • Drop the Auto option.
      • Why?
        • Auto chooses tiled if the image size is half the monitor size. Else it acts as zoomed. Who would guess that?
          • Very true. I guess it just felt comforting to have that option, so that one wouldn't have to think of what the different image-styles mean :) But I guess we can drop it.
    • Add “None” to hide the image.
      • Would that expose/enable additional buttons to add/edit the background color/s?
      • To avoid a regression we should always show the possibility of a gradient (horiz/vert), so the old transparent svgs works with a gradient.
        • It's a bit confusing imo, but ok.
    • Add the single screen image options: Tiled, Centered, Stretched, Scaled, Zoomed.
    • Add option “Stretched”, to span across screens, disabling options for 2nd tab. (+1)
    • Possibly put a separator in the menu for these 3 groups.
      • Yeah, I think that'd make sense. Nice idea to get those in one place!
  • What about per-workspace wallpapers?
    • A much asked-for feature. I think it'd be nice, although I'm not sure yet how to bake it into the UI without making it messy again. (Similar issue as with the multiple monitors in fact, so maybe there's a common solution to both.)
  • A nice feature for wallpaper transformations would be a fade-over.
    • I assume you mean overlaying two images? Or do you mean a fade-effect when changing wallpapers?