Re: UI for configuring plugin

[Christian Persch <chpe gnome org>]

Hi,

Le samedi 22 avril 2006 à 21:40 +0100, Magnus Therning a écrit :
> Up until now my little plugin has been configured by editing GConf
> values through gconf-edit of gconftool directly. Not exactly
> userfriendly.
> 
> I'd like to add a GUI for configuration that's accessible from within
> epiphany, but I'm not really sure where to place it. A tab in the
> Preferences, or maybe an added menu item somewhere (Tools menu, or under
> Edit)? Both have draw-backs...
> 
> Is there some guidance written down on how a plugin should provide a UI
> for configuration?

There's no guide yet, no.
There was one extension that had some prefs UI, which it added to the
Tools menu, but I didn't like that too much and we removed it again. I
think a whole menu item for just a few settings bloats the menu
unnecessarily...
A tab in the main prefs might work better, but that'll need some changes
in epiphany (the prefs dialogue isn't accessible to extensions right
now, and they'll need a way to merge their UI when it's opened).

What do other gnome applications do with extensions/plugins prefs UI
(gedit, evolution[?], what else is there?) do?

Regards,
	Christian