[+] Takeoff v1.0 (2011/08/30) - Added support for show Takeoff in full screen mode or float mode - Added support for add and remove favorites - By default the size and the separation between icons is adjusted to the screen size - Added an option to add a background image (specially for user without graphics acceleration) - Is possible edit the applications making right click in the panel icon - Solved problems with the favorites text encoding - Added a tooltip to the panel icon - Added the following translations: Italian (Caig) Polish (Marcin SÄ…gol) Turkish (Osman Karagöz) Russian (Alexander Sorokin) Greek (Neophytos Kolokotronis)
[+] Takeoff v0.2: (2011/08/12) - Added support for searches - Added support for translations (credits to Manu Tortosa) - Solved problems with some launchers (with %U, %c...) and added support for elastic cursor on launch and similar effects. - Added support for remember last tab or not - Added a tooltip to show the complete name of the launchers that, for space reason, can't show their complete name - By default, uses the distro specified icon - CMakeLists file performed (thanks antoniojars!!) - Added the following translations: Spanish (José Expósito) Catalá (Manu Tortosa) Galego (Adrián Chaves Fernández "Gallaecio") German (Fabian B.)
[+] Takeoff v0.1.5 (2011/08/01) - Switched from QMake to CMake to solve the "Could not find requested component:takeoff" problem in certain distros. - Removed the libmagic dependence
First of all: great idea, looks very good.
But how do I navigate? When a tab contains a lot of icons I cannot reach them, I'd need to scroll but that's not possible. Natural for me would be to use the scrollwheel but that does not work. In some screenshots I saw a bar at the bottom with page numbers I guess but I don't have that bar.
When I hit any key (even cursor keys or page up/down) the menu switches to the search box. Is it a feature or but and is it a feature that the search box is on a separate page?
Is there a way to make the menu smaller than the screen? It doesn't matter if I tick "fullscreen" or not, it is always fullscreen and always looks the same.
I compiled it on Debian Sid 64bit in case that matters...
And two wishlist entries ;)
How about an option to hide certain tabs? E.g. would like to hide the Debian menu.
And how about an option to have tab bar at the bottom? Would feel more "natural" for me because it is nearer to the point where the mouse is when you start the menu.
Hi!
When you have too many icons a bar appear in the bottom of the plasmoid to allow you to see more pages. Try to adjust the number of icons peer page and their size.
With the fullscreen mode adjust the icon size to adjust the menu size.
To hide the Debian menu make right click in the Takeoff bar icon and edit your menu.
Thanks for your answer. As I wrote I don't have that bar with the pages, no matter how much icons there are. The Debian menu contains hundreds of icons and only that one page is shown. The last row of icons even is only shown half. In that case it even wouldn't help to decrease the icon size (which I don't want btw), too many icons.
And I don't want to delete the debian menu, I just want to hide it in takeoff. It makes some sense (more or less) in a menu with submenus - but not in takeoff which doesn't show submenus.
Decreased the number of rows by one and now the page numbers are visible.
Is the searchbox meant to be on a separate page or is that a similar problem?
BTW: it would be helpful if the configuration for the icon size would show a tooltip with the size. By now you have to adjust the size "blind". And it would also help to find the icon sizes in which the icons are available so that you don't get blurry icons.
> Is the searchbox meant to be on a separate page or is
> that a similar problem?
Have the search box in a separate page is the desired functionality, it becomes visible when you begin to type
can you send me your email, I would like to send you a small contribution: I made the applet navigable using keyboard. Maybe someone would like this.
Btw, very nice app!
Hi! In first place thank you very much for your fix. You can send a patch as a correction for this enhancement: https://code.google.com/p/takeoff-launcher/issues/detail?id=19
Hi José! Excellent app! I think it should became part of kde as an alternative to the official kde launcher!
I have a problem that I can't figure out how to solve. When I use the plasmoid with a keyboard shortcut (ALT-F1 for example), the launcher never gets focus (actually task bar get's it). So I can't use the search function. In order to give focus to the launcher then I should click it with the mouse or launch it directly using the mouse. That takes away many benefits to the search function.
I've tried to modify your original code, but without results. The kde original launcher give focus to search box when using a keyboard shortcut so it should be possible to fix this problem.
I am using the launcher v1.0 (tar.gz package, compiled by myself), with kde 4.7.4 (debian wheezy).
Can you give me an idea of wich part of the code should I look to fix it? or wich API's function I should call? (I've tried out with some features of Popup applet without results)
Saludos y gracias!! :)
Hi!
Check this method:
https://code.google.com/p/takeoff-launcher/source/browse/Takeoff/src/takeoff/MainWindow.h#49
Here is returned the widget that will be the popup window, anyway, I can say that assign the focus is tricky...
Thank you!
Finally the solution I found was using the grabKeyboard() function for the menuWidget
$ vi src/takeoff/takeoff_widget/TakeoffWidget.cpp
// Modify setFirstTab(bool) function
void TakeoffWidget::setFirstTab(bool changeMenuTab)
{
this->tabBar->setCurrentIndex(0);
// fix problem with keyboard shortcut
this->menuWidget->grabKeyboard();
if (changeMenuTab)
this->menuWidget->setFirstCategory();
}
plasma-desktop will complain in stdout/stderr with...
QGraphicsItem::grabKeyboard: already a keyboard grabber
... but that doesn't seems to be a problem.
The qt API, or the takeoff code, is strange to me so it could exists a better solution.
--
As an enhancement proposal, among other things that were proposed before, I think that It may be great to have a search button more like the kde's "Run command" (but I know it will require a lot of work).
Thank you again!
thank you to joseexposito89 for making this program and also thank you to Sam Rog to have taken a package for kubuntu 11.10, it works fine in kde 4:4.7.97 in the ppa repository: samrog131/ppa.
merci à joseexposito89 d'avoir fait ce programme et aussi merci à Sam Rog d'avoir fait un paquet pour kubuntu 11.10, il fonctionne très bien sous kde 4:4.7.97, dans le dépôt ppa:samrog131/ppa.
oops I found a minor bug, after downloading a program is not visible on takeoff,
it is visible after;
a system reboot,
<Alt> <F2> program name,
pressed the save button in the kde menu editor
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First of all: great idea, looks very good. But how do I navigate? When a tab contains a lot of icons I cannot reach them, I'd need to scroll but that's not possible. Natural for me would be to use the scrollwheel but that does not work. In some screenshots I saw a bar at the bottom with page numbers I guess but I don't have that bar. When I hit any key (even cursor keys or page up/down) the menu switches to the search box. Is it a feature or but and is it a feature that the search box is on a separate page? Is there a way to make the menu smaller than the screen? It doesn't matter if I tick "fullscreen" or not, it is always fullscreen and always looks the same. I compiled it on Debian Sid 64bit in case that matters... And two wishlist entries ;) How about an option to hide certain tabs? E.g. would like to hide the Debian menu. And how about an option to have tab bar at the bottom? Would feel more "natural" for me because it is nearer to the point where the mouse is when you start the menu.
Hi! When you have too many icons a bar appear in the bottom of the plasmoid to allow you to see more pages. Try to adjust the number of icons peer page and their size. With the fullscreen mode adjust the icon size to adjust the menu size. To hide the Debian menu make right click in the Takeoff bar icon and edit your menu.
Thanks for your answer. As I wrote I don't have that bar with the pages, no matter how much icons there are. The Debian menu contains hundreds of icons and only that one page is shown. The last row of icons even is only shown half. In that case it even wouldn't help to decrease the icon size (which I don't want btw), too many icons. And I don't want to delete the debian menu, I just want to hide it in takeoff. It makes some sense (more or less) in a menu with submenus - but not in takeoff which doesn't show submenus.
Decreased the number of rows by one and now the page numbers are visible. Is the searchbox meant to be on a separate page or is that a similar problem? BTW: it would be helpful if the configuration for the icon size would show a tooltip with the size. By now you have to adjust the size "blind". And it would also help to find the icon sizes in which the icons are available so that you don't get blurry icons.
> Is the searchbox meant to be on a separate page or is > that a similar problem? Have the search box in a separate page is the desired functionality, it becomes visible when you begin to type
Hi, I am wondering whether you abandoned this project or are you going to make new versions for example for KDE4.9 (Ubuntu 12.10)? :) Thanks
Hi, the project is alive and any help (source code or builds) are wellcome
Hey, I like Takeoff really. Is there an option to sort my favorites by name or category or something else?
Hi! You can edit the /home/your_user/.kde/share/config/takeoffrc file to change the order of the favourites
thx for this really fast awnser. Is there also an option to sort the all applications-tab? It seems they are randomsly sorted.
Make right click in the Takeoff toolbar icon and select "Edit menu"
Make right click in the Takeoff toolbar icon and select "Edit menu"
Make right click in the Takeoff toolbar icon and select "Edit menu"
Make right click in the Takeoff toolbar icon and select "Edit menu"
Make right click in the Takeoff toolbar icon and select "Edit menu"
Make right click in the Takeoff toolbar icon and select "Edit menu"
can you send me your email, I would like to send you a small contribution: I made the applet navigable using keyboard. Maybe someone would like this. Btw, very nice app!
Hi! In first place thank you very much for your fix. You can send a patch as a correction for this enhancement: https://code.google.com/p/takeoff-launcher/issues/detail?id=19
Hi José! Excellent app! I think it should became part of kde as an alternative to the official kde launcher! I have a problem that I can't figure out how to solve. When I use the plasmoid with a keyboard shortcut (ALT-F1 for example), the launcher never gets focus (actually task bar get's it). So I can't use the search function. In order to give focus to the launcher then I should click it with the mouse or launch it directly using the mouse. That takes away many benefits to the search function. I've tried to modify your original code, but without results. The kde original launcher give focus to search box when using a keyboard shortcut so it should be possible to fix this problem. I am using the launcher v1.0 (tar.gz package, compiled by myself), with kde 4.7.4 (debian wheezy). Can you give me an idea of wich part of the code should I look to fix it? or wich API's function I should call? (I've tried out with some features of Popup applet without results) Saludos y gracias!! :)
Hi! Check this method: https://code.google.com/p/takeoff-launcher/source/browse/Takeoff/src/takeoff/MainWindow.h#49 Here is returned the widget that will be the popup window, anyway, I can say that assign the focus is tricky...
Thank you! Finally the solution I found was using the grabKeyboard() function for the menuWidget $ vi src/takeoff/takeoff_widget/TakeoffWidget.cpp // Modify setFirstTab(bool) function void TakeoffWidget::setFirstTab(bool changeMenuTab) { this->tabBar->setCurrentIndex(0); // fix problem with keyboard shortcut this->menuWidget->grabKeyboard(); if (changeMenuTab) this->menuWidget->setFirstCategory(); } plasma-desktop will complain in stdout/stderr with... QGraphicsItem::grabKeyboard: already a keyboard grabber ... but that doesn't seems to be a problem. The qt API, or the takeoff code, is strange to me so it could exists a better solution. -- As an enhancement proposal, among other things that were proposed before, I think that It may be great to have a search button more like the kde's "Run command" (but I know it will require a lot of work). Thank you again!
I'm stuck at this> CMake Error at cmake/modules/FindMSGFMT.cmake:34 (MESSAGE): msgfmt program couldn't be found Call Stack (most recent call first): CMakeLists.txt:10 (find_package) -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
Hi! Check this issue: https://code.google.com/p/takeoff-launcher/issues/detail?id=30&q=gettext
thank you to joseexposito89 for making this program and also thank you to Sam Rog to have taken a package for kubuntu 11.10, it works fine in kde 4:4.7.97 in the ppa repository: samrog131/ppa. merci à joseexposito89 d'avoir fait ce programme et aussi merci à Sam Rog d'avoir fait un paquet pour kubuntu 11.10, il fonctionne très bien sous kde 4:4.7.97, dans le dépôt ppa:samrog131/ppa.
oops I found a minor bug, after downloading a program is not visible on takeoff, it is visible after; a system reboot, <Alt> <F2> program name, pressed the save button in the kde menu editor