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- | This page is very much a work-in-progress at the moment. Feel free to contribute. | + | This page has been renamed |
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- | ===== Rationale ===== | + | |
- | UI consistency is an important aspect of a mature desktop like Xfce. On the other hand, there are tons of panel plugins out there, developed by many different people. A written set of UI guidelines will help those developers ensure their plugins maintain some basic level of consistency. | + | |
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- | ===== Process ===== | + | |
- | New guidelines should be submitted as a draft at the bottom of the page, in the "Draft Guidelines" | + | |
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- | ===== Mature Guidelines ===== | + | |
- | (none yet) | + | |
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- | ===== Draft Guidelines ===== | + | |
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- | == Spacing Guideline == | + | |
- | * This text is revision 1 of this guideline. | + | |
- | * Core plugins implementing this guideline: ??? | + | |
- | * Additional plugins implementing this guideline: places | + | |
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- | * Plugins that display a single icon to the user: | + | |
- | * e.g., launchers | + | |
- | * Use 1px border around the icon. (This is the default border width for a GTK+ button.) | + | |
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- | * Plugins that display a button and a label in a horizontal (v.) box for horizontal (v.) panels: | + | |
- | * e.g., menu (when showing label) | + | |
- | * Use a spacing of 4 on that box. | + | |
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- | * Plugins that display a label, icon, or value reading next to a " | + | |
- | * e.g., system load monitor, volume control | + | |
- | * Use 2px spacing between the label/ | + |