KTp/Tasks/TextUIQML: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 01:35, 30 September 2013

Declarative TextUI

Rationale

In order to modernise we need more control.

This means doing our own thing with themes so we can change them. QML in many ways is a good choice, messages are like a list model.

We will get

Delivery Reports inline
Error messages inline
Better, richer plugins
Seperation between data + logic + view
Typing indicators inline
Contact status inline + mobile icon
History loaded on demand
Better load types (Webkit is slow, and we need avatars etc. before we can do anything)
User selected fonts for better desktop integration
Chat plasmoid will benefit from this too
Smoother loading/scrolling on images loading.. maybe :)

Action Plan

Plan is to kill the webkit parts
Replace that part with a QDeclarativeView
It will NOT be merged if there are regressions
The group chat participants list will remain the same, toolbars will remain the same, typing area will remain the same. I do _NOT_ want to change those.
Themes will have Conversation* object exposed as rootContextProperty. I don't think it makes any sense to use ConversationsModel
It needs to look like part of a desktop app, and not part of something Plasma.

Work that needs doing

Status	Action	Where	Developer
TODO	Split message handling out of ChatWidget	textUI	<[email protected]>
TODO	Figure out how to do Copying text	QML Demo	<[email protected]>
TODO	Figure out how to do searching + scroll	QML Demo	<[email protected]>
TODO	Fix autoscroll to bottom	Active/Plasmoid	<[email protected]>
TODO	Add log loading to MessagesModel	KCI	<[email protected]>
TODO	Handle MessageDeliveryReports in MessagesModel	KCI	<[email protected]>
TODO	Remove TargetContact - put as title + icon in Conversation	KCI	<[email protected]>

Plugins are another problem. We can deal with that afterwards

I'm not sure if we want to drop AdiumTheme support or not.

QML issues remaining

Desktop Scrollbars (see Muon Discover)
We need "scroll to bottom" on new message
Find (highlight and scroll to the right place)
Text copying (not easy)
Make arrow keys cause scroll
Links working
Emoticons to text
Plugins (I want the message to have some sort of map of "what QML item to insert, and properties to pass to it"

   Custom items could then be included.

Warnings in "take2" theme
Sort out notification handling

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 {{FeatureProjectTodo|Figure out how to do Copying text|QML Demo|[email protected]}}
 {{FeatureProjectTodo|Figure out how to do searching + scroll|QML Demo|[email protected]}}
 {{FeatureProjectTodo|Fix autoscroll to bottom| Active/Plasmoid|[email protected]}}
 {{FeatureProjectTodo|Add log loading to MessagesModel|KCI|[email protected]}}
-{{FeatureProjectTodo|Expose ChannelContactModel in Conversation|KCI|[email protected]}}
+{{FeatureProjectTodo|Handle MessageDeliveryReports in MessagesModel|KCI|[email protected]}}
 {{FeatureProjectTodo|Remove TargetContact - put as title + icon in Conversation|KCI|[email protected]}}
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 Plugins are another problem. We can deal with that afterwards
-* Split text-ui away from AdiumTheme*
-* This will allow us to drop this thing out, and a new one in
-* Once that is done, should allow fairly easy porting in a branch without conflicts
-* Work on the themes is going on with fake models at LINK HERE
-* I personally want two themes, one like Renkoo and a group theme that matches
-visual change won't be too large. (Though /maybe/ it's best to focus on just one thing)
 * I'm not sure if we want to drop AdiumTheme support or not.
-* MessagesModel needs better delivery report handling
-* Make targetContact not suck. Take a ChannelPtr and it should handle group chat titles too
-  - will have something like "QString channelName()" "QPixmap channelIcon"
-* MessagesModel needs logger integration at least to load the last n messages like text-ui does
 ==QML issues remaining==