Opened 5 years ago
Last modified 5 years ago
#15513 new enhancement
Move Backgrounds prefs into Appearances
| Reported by: | humdinger | Owned by: | nobody |
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| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | Unscheduled |
| Component: | Preferences/Appearance | Version: | R1/Development |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Blocked By: | Blocking: | ||
| Platform: | All |
Description
There's "Fonts" and "Colors"... why not add a "Backgrounds" tab and save the separate Backgrounds preference app?
Change History (5)
comment:1 by , 5 years ago
comment:2 by , 5 years ago
Backgrounds should be separate from Appearance and expanded with more features. Preset color choices, and a gallery of background images to choose from.
comment:3 by , 5 years ago
I'm not 100% convinced of the specialness of desktop/folder backgrounds that divorce it from Appearances, but I don't feel strongly about it. Having one less separate panel would've been nice though...
If the Backgrounds panel gets expanded, I hope it'll be subtle (e.g. a gallery tucked away in a separate window), because I rather like it's simple interface.
comment:4 by , 5 years ago
Well, not being able to see a preview of the background you're chosing from a BFilePanel is a problem, but it's one I'd rather solve by having BFilePanel do this, rather than building a custom-made "gallery" thing here.
@humdinger: the problem is with the workflow to change a specific folder background. It currently opens the background preferences for that specific folder only. If that was merged into Appearance, it would have a background tab acting on that folder only, but all other tabs acting on system-wide settings, which is strange.
There is a way to avoid this: when invoked this way, the Background UI should show alone, and the tabs be hidden. But when invoked via Appearance preferences, the tabs should be visible.
comment:5 by , 5 years ago
Well, not being able to see a preview of the background you're chosing from a BFilePanel is a problem
Backgrounds' file panel already has a preview, but it's quite small and only for the currently selected file. A nice thumbnail view would be nice.
There is a way to avoid this: when invoked this way, the Background UI should show alone, and the tabs be hidden. But when invoked via Appearance preferences, the tabs should be visible.
Good idea. a bit like the FileType Tracker addon bein diffrent from the preference panel and if it was invoked on an executable or other file.
Because Backgrounds is special, it can be used to set a background for the desktop, but also for any other folder.