Fancy Tasks

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Description:

Plasmoid providing fancy visualization of tasks, launchers and jobs for those who need full power of task manager and fresh look.
Developed and tested on KDE 4.8 with Qt 4.8 (Kubuntu 12.04).

Some screen casts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5i2S1xCKPk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj4W6cqycl8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfqtnncLNcQ

Milestone 1.1 (current) will be last one using libtaskamanager and hopefully will be soon replaced by currently developed data engine based version (which should lower requirements back to KDE 4.6 or maybe earlier, depending on which one shipped first functional version of tasks data engine).

Milestone 2.0 will bring new dock management library which will allow for more advanced features. There will be also new, QML based, applet interface (might be available earlier, depends on progress on library).

Note that included panel was made only for test and could make various problems, use it on your own risk (I'll focus on it later).

This applet uses standard libtaskmanager like other task managers in KDE, so before you report bug check if it also happens in other applets (for example default Tasks applet).

Tips:
- to make applet more usable you can put it on panel with enabled option "Windows can cover" or similar;
- you can use theme with panel background similar to that of dock (for example Sabre Tiger) or modify current one using Desktop Theme Details;
- you can add launchers to applet by drag and drop of URLs and desktop files when Plasma is unlocked or using configuration dialog;
- to show only launchers you need to remove tasks area item from arrangement;
- to show application jobs you need to add jobs area.

Hidden options:
You can set them in applets configuration file (usually located at ~/.kde4/share/config/plasma-desktop-appletsrc), in group containing line plugin=fancytasks or plugin=fancypanel;
- initialZoomLevel - initial zoom level for zoom move animations (value ranging from 0 to 1, default: 0.7);
- paintBackground - decides if background should be painted or not (true or false, default: true);
- paintReflections - decides if icon reflection should be painted or not, note that it won't change icon size because of space allocation for drawing task indicators (true or false, default: true).

Features:
- manages your tasks, launchers and application jobs;
- tasks filtering, grouping (including manual) and sorting;
- keyboard navigation (Tab and Shift+Tab);
- launcher to task transition with custom connecting rules (icons of launchers with running tasks are hidden if sorting other than manual is enabled);
- tool tips with live preview of windows when KWin Taskbar Thumbnail effect is enabled;
- highlighting windows when hovering cursor over task or window preview when KWin Highlight Window effect is enabled;
- dropping files on launchers runs command with parameters or gives option to move, copy or link them (if target is directory);
- visual drop indicator that helps in manual tasks sorting and rearranging launchers;
- possibility to browse directories of directory launchers using context menu;
- possibility to add application menus;
- menu with list of all icons shown after activating keyboard shortcut;
- configurable animations (zoom, jump, bounce, highlight, etc.) and appearance (optional thumbnails and text label);
- fully animated icons (including animations of starting applications, tasks needing attention and application jobs progress).

If you have found bugs or have suggestions you can contact me via email, message or using comments, before you will vote bad.
And remember that not everybody has enough time for fast replying. ;-)

Don't be silly, don't vote bad just for fun!

Last changelog:

8 years ago

1.1.2 (10.06.2012):
- increased task light size a bit;
- fixed label position for zoom animation;
- avoid hijacking of icons with launcher connected to task group (if grouping by program);
- clear thumbnail when launcher looses connected task.

1.1.1 (01.06.2012):
- reuse launcher icons by tasks also when using manual sorting;
- let startups connect to launcher icons (when there is no sorting or it set to manual);
- do not lose connection with launcher when group is created (if grouping by program);
- enable Apply button when configuration values are changed;
- do not propose to drop icon in place which equals its current index;
- enable Add / Remove action buttons;
- many other fixes and changes.

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Emdek
11 years ago

You can try this version, from source:
http://c.wrzuta.pl/wo5187/0bbbad5b0012cdff4b674535/0/ft-44-test.tar.bz2

It will be probably released tomorrow, with some additional changes.

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avlas
11 years ago

Congratulations! now it is working perfectly

a couple of things that I am not sure how to do:

- usually, I try to install only ubuntu packages in my computer, so when the new deb package appears, can I do 'make uninstall' to remove everything I have done?

- I would like to keep the applications in the places I have chosen, but when I run one of them by default they jump to the other side of the separator. Is there any way to maintain them there, and put only the jobs on the other side?

Thanks for this nice tool, again!

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Emdek
11 years ago

When happened that last crash? At Plasma start, when adding or removing applet?

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avlas
11 years ago

It happens as soon as I try to insert the plasmoid. Also for the new version 1.0

Let's see if with kde sc 4.4 rc3 gets better...

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Emdek
11 years ago

Ok, so I'm waiting for new BT. :-)
BT from 0.9.9 would be also useful (there was only small change so line numbers will be much more correct).

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avlas
11 years ago

Here it is...

Thanks again!

BT:

Application: Espai de treball del Plasma (kdeinit4), signal: Segmentation fault
The current source language is "auto; currently c".
[Current thread is 1 (Thread 0x7fbf5af897f0 (LWP 2043))]

Thread 2 (Thread 0x7fbf387bb910 (LWP 2045)):
#0 [email protected]@GLIBC_2.3.2 () at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/pthread_cond_wait.S:261
#1 0x00007fbf5946b67b in QWaitConditionPrivate::wait (this=<value optimized out>, mutex=0x183a608, time=18446744073709551615) at thread/qwaitcondition_unix.cpp:87
#2 QWaitCondition::wait (this=<value optimized out>, mutex=0x183a608, time=18446744073709551615) at thread/qwaitcondition_unix.cpp:159
#3 0x00007fbf57c273ec in QHostInfoAgent::run (this=0x183a5f0) at kernel/qhostinfo.cpp:252
#4 0x00007fbf5946a6c5 in QThreadPrivate::start (arg=0x183a5f0) at thread/qthread_unix.cpp:244
#5 0x00007fbf591dba04 in start_thread (arg=<value optimized out>) at pthread_create.c:300
#6 0x00007fbf57fa680d in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:112
#7 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()

Thread 1 (Thread 0x7fbf5af897f0 (LWP 2043)):
[KCrash Handler]
#5 0x00007fbf58900829 in QX11PaintEngine::drawPixmap (this=<value optimized out>, r=<value optimized out>, px=<value optimized out>, _sr=<value optimized out>) at painting/qpaintengine_x11.cpp:1919
#6 0x00007fbf58847816 in QPaintEngine::drawImage (this=0x399c5b0, r=..., image=..., sr=<value optimized out>, flags=<value optimized out>) at painting/qpaintengine.cpp:624
#7 0x00007fbf58901762 in QX11PaintEngine::drawImage (this=0x399c5b0, r=..., image=..., sr=..., flags=) at painting/qpaintengine_x11.cpp:1893
#8 0x00007fbf5885c66f in QPainterPrivate::draw_helper (this=0x3a02cc0, originalPath=<value optimized out>, op=<value optimized out>) at painting/qpainter.cpp:484
#9 0x00007fbf5885f470 in QPainter::drawRects (this=<value optimized out>, rects=<value optimized out>, rectCount=1) at painting/qpainter.cpp:3409
#10 0x00007fbf588615ce in QPainter::drawRect (this=0x7fff4efc5640, r=<value optimized out>, pm=..., sr=<value optimized out>) at ../../include/QtGui/../../src/gui/painting/qpainter.h:611
#11 QPainter::drawPixmap (this=0x7fff4efc5640, r=<value optimized out>, pm=..., sr=<value optimized out>) at painting/qpainter.cpp:5319
#12 0x00007fbf2c02df28 in FancyTasks::Icon::paint (this=0x3960d40, painter=0x7fff4efc58e0, option=<value optimized out>, widget=<value optimized out>)
at /build/buildd/plasma-widget-fancytasks-0.9.9/applet/FancyTasksIcon.cpp:382
#13 0x00007fbf51703f04 in Plasma::ShadowFake::paintSubChildren (this=0x39fc680, painter=0x7fff4efc58e0, option=0x7fff4efc5790, target=<value optimized out>)
at ../../plasma/animations/pulsershadow.cpp:61
#14 0x00007fbf517042d7 in Plasma::ShadowFake::setTarget (this=0x39fc680, target=0x3980760) at ../../plasma/animations/pulsershadow.cpp:86
#15 0x00007fbf5170386a in Plasma::PulseAnimation::setCopy (this=0x39522d0) at ../../plasma/animations/pulser.cpp:69
#16 0x00007fbf51703a04 in Plasma::PulseAnimation::updateState (this=0x39522d0, newState=QAbstractAnimation::Running, oldState=QAbstractAnimation::Stopped) at ../../plasma/animations/pulser.cpp:97
#17 0x00007fbf5944fc90 in QAbstractAnimationPrivate::setState (this=0x39a2470, newState=QAbstractAnimation::Running) at animation/qabstractanimation.cpp:370
#18 0x00007fbf5172073f in Plasma::ContainmentPrivate::appletAppearAnimationComplete (this=0x2266330) at ../../plasma/containment.cpp:2332
#19 0x00007fbf5172ffd5 in Plasma::Containment::qt_metacall (this=0x225d0e0, _c=QMetaObject::InvokeMetaMethod, _id=<value optimized out>, _a=0x7fff4efc5b50) at ./containment.moc:149
#20 0x00007fbf3c24bfb0 in DefaultDesktop::qt_metacall (this=0x0, _c=28, _id=24686176, _a=0x1e) at ./desktop.moc:78
#21 0x00007fbf59570dc3 in QMetaObject::activate (sender=0x39fd360, m=<value optimized out>, local_signal_index=<value optimized out>, argv=0x1e) at kernel/qobject.cpp:3294
#22 0x00007fbf5944feb8 in QAbstractAnimationPrivate::setState (this=0x39a34f0, newState=<value optimized out>) at animation/qabstractanimation.cpp:405
#23 0x00007fbf5945025f in QUnifiedTimer::updateAnimationsTime (this=0x2225830) at animation/qabstractanimation.cpp:208
#24 0x00007fbf59450db5 in QUnifiedTimer::timerEvent (this=0x0, event=0x1c) at animation/qabstractanimation.cpp:252
#25 0x00007fbf5956da33 in QObject::event (this=0x2225830, e=0x7fff4efc62c0) at kernel/qobject.cpp:1224
#26 0x00007fbf58703e8c in QApplicationPrivate::notify_helper (this=0x17869e0, receiver=0x2225830, e=0x7fff4efc62c0) at kernel/qapplication.cpp:4242
#27 0x00007fbf5870a48d in QApplication::notify (this=0x1770860, receiver=0x2225830, e=0x7fff4efc62c0) at kernel/qapplication.cpp:4125
#28 0x00007fbf59aa31e6 in KApplication::notify (this=0x1770860, receiver=0x2225830, event=0x7fff4efc62c0) at ../../kdeui/kernel/kapplication.cpp:302
#29 0x00007fbf5955e04c in QCoreApplication::notifyInternal (this=0x1770860, receiver=0x2225830, event=0x7fff4efc62c0) at kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp:704
#30 0x00007fbf5958ad52 in QCoreApplication::sendEvent (this=0x1789e80) at ../../include/QtCore/../../src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.h:215
#31 QTimerInfoList::activateTimers (this=0x1789e80) at kernel/qeventdispatcher_unix.cpp:603
#32 0x00007fbf59587958 in timerSourceDispatch (source=<value optimized out>) at kernel/qeventdispatcher_glib.cpp:184
#33 idleTimerSourceDispatch (source=<value optimized out>) at kernel/qeventdispatcher_glib.cpp:231
#34 0x00007fbf5498cbce in g_main_context_dispatch () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#35 0x00007fbf54990598 in ?? () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#36 0x00007fbf549906c0 in g_main_context_iteration () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#37 0x00007fbf59587623 in QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents (this=0x16f53f0, flags=<value optimized out>) at kernel/qeventdispatcher_glib.cpp:407
#38 0x00007fbf587b22fe in QGuiEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents (this=0x0, flags=<value optimized out>) at kernel/qguieventdispatcher_glib.cpp:202
#39 0x00007fbf5955c972 in QEventLoop::processEvents (this=<value optimized out>, flags=) at kernel/qeventloop.cpp:149
#40 0x00007fbf5955cd4c in QEventLoop::exec (this=0x7fff4efc6560, flags=) at kernel/qeventloop.cpp:201
#41 0x00007fbf59560a8b in QCoreApplication::exec () at kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp:981
#42 0x00007fbf4cf73eb2 in kdemain (argc=<value optimized out>, argv=<value optimized out>) at ../../../../plasma/desktop/shell/main.cpp:112
#43 0x0000000000406fb8 in launch (argc=1, _name=<value optimized out>, args=<value optimized out>, cwd=<value optimized out>, envc=0, envs=<value optimized out>, reset_env=false, tty=0x0,
avoid_loops=false, startup_id_str=0x40a4a1 "0") at ../../kinit/kinit.cpp:706
#44 0x0000000000407c70 in handle_launcher_request (sock=8, who=<value optimized out>) at ../../kinit/kinit.cpp:1198
#45 0x0000000000408121 in handle_requests (waitForPid=0) at ../../kinit/kinit.cpp:1391
#46 0x0000000000408dea in main (argc=4, argv=<value optimized out>, envp=<value optimized out>) at ../../kinit/kinit.cpp:1830
The current source language is "auto; currently asm".
The current source language is "auto; currently c".

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11 years ago

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11 years ago

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Emdek
11 years ago

Version 1.0 should be released in February and contain mostly fixes for integration with KDE 4.4 and probably new logic for calculating applet size that should eliminate bugs with sizing on desktop (for example slow resizing, making it smaller etc.). It should support both KDE 4.3 and 4.4.

After that there may be released version 1.1 which will focus on KDE 4.4 integration (no more support for KDE 4.3 or at least Qt 4.5) and could be ready around March.

Next big milestone is version 2.0 that will have fully rewritten interface and should use new task management library (which will give more possibilities and should fix crashes related to current, shared library).

If you have any questions or suggestions please contact me using comments, private messages or email.

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Emdek
11 years ago

Plans were slightly changed. ;-)
From now there are two "branches", one for KDE 4.3 - milestone 1.0 and second for future development, KDE 4.4 only - milestones 1.1 and 2.0.

First release towards milestone 1.1 could be released very shortly and will focus on removing things which are now deprecated. Later there will be some feature additions (some of them might be backported to 1.0 branch). From now code in KDE SVN will require KDE 4.4 and Qt 4.6.

Branch 1.0 will be not fully abandoned but there might be no more releases, depends if there will be found critical and solvable bug that causes problems with KDE 4.3.

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Saleel
11 years ago

Wonderful plasmoid!

I am having some difficulty turning off the reflection from your 'hidden' settings. Telling it to stop drawing the background works, but telling it to turn off the reflection doesn't seem to.

using .99a with kde 4.4 rc2

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Emdek
11 years ago

Thanks. :-)

Works for me:
paintReflections=false

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gzu
11 years ago

Hi,

Does this work as I can't see any change when I set it to 0.3 in plasma-desktop-appletsrc.

Thanks,

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Emdek
11 years ago

Ive tested it and works fine for me, I've added:
initialZoomLevel=0.3
To applets settings group and tested in plasmoidviewer.

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Emdek
11 years ago

Thanks for report, I'll test it and fix after dealing with that resizing bug, I hope to do it before end of month.

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sokar620
11 years ago

Adding Fancy Tasks 0.9.9 to the desktop causes plasma crash in Kde 4.3.90 (F12). Aplet works fine in taskbar. Crash report:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1763107/fancytasks/plasma-desktop-20100108.kcrash

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Emdek
11 years ago

Thanks for report, I'll take a look into this issue when I'll have RC1 installed and I'll have some free time (I hope that it will happen during this weekend...).

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groo
11 years ago

Hi emtek, any news on the new version with the bugfixes for kde 4.4 rc1? i miss fancy ;)

best regards and keep up the good work

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Emdek
11 years ago

Thanks. ;-)

I've found the problem, I know how it works but I need some time to fix it.
If someone want to help I can describe it as bug in size calculation that causes applet to grow until it crashes (best way to check it is to use qDebug() to display calculated size in updateSize() method of Applet class and running applet with plasmoidviewer).

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groo
11 years ago

Did you talk with aseigo in #kde-devel? hes the plasma guru and might be able to solve that bug in no time :)

best regards

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Emdek
11 years ago

Yeah, it could be done, but there are two problems:
1. This bug is not trivial to fix, it may need to rework how applet work to fix it...
2. I'm right now busy working on my thesis.

I hope that I'll find free time to fix it during weekend, I've some ideas how it could be reworked to work properly with Qt 4.6 on KDE 4.4.

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SfietKonstantin
11 years ago

Please let users choose what middle button do when clicking on an icon.
Previously, it was launching a new instance, now it is toogle window presentation, and I prefer the launcher mode.

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Emdek
11 years ago

I'm not fan of too big configureability but probably the only good solution will be to make it configurable in the future. It could be a page that lists available actions and gives possibility to select how to invoke these actions or to disable them. What do you think about this idea?
For version 1.0 I'll think how to fix that to allow using of both these features without problems.

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SfietKonstantin
11 years ago

Thanks very much
:):)

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kenleyrob
11 years ago

hi, great plasmoid!

I have a problem, the dock when used as fancypanel does not quite touch the screen edge. is it meant to be like this?

http://f.imagehost.org/view/0088/snapshot1

Thanks

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