Plank

Add support for docklets

Bug #731915 reported by Adam Dingle
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Plank
Fix Released
Wishlist
Rico Tzschichholz
Plank 0.11.0 "Eddy"

Bug Description

It would be great if Plank had a plugin API that let people write docklets similar to those in Docky.

Related branches

lp:~ricotz/plank/docklets
Docky Core: Pending requested
Diff: 6216 lines (+5860/-2)
44 files modified
.bzrignore (+3/-0)
Makefile.am (+1/-0)
Makefile.common (+1/-0)
configure.ac (+11/-0)
docklets/Clippy/ClippyDockItem.vala (+177/-0)
docklets/Clippy/ClippyDocklet.vala (+34/-0)
docklets/Clippy/ClippyPreferences.vala (+49/-0)
docklets/Clippy/Makefile.am (+61/-0)
docklets/Clock/ClockDockItem.vala (+280/-0)
docklets/Clock/ClockDocklet.vala (+36/-0)
docklets/Clock/ClockPreferences.vala (+49/-0)
docklets/Clock/Makefile.am (+83/-0)
docklets/Clock/clock.gresource.xml (+33/-0)
docklets/Clock/themes/Default/clock-drop-shadow.svg (+144/-0)
docklets/Clock/themes/Default/clock-face-shadow.svg (+138/-0)
docklets/Clock/themes/Default/clock-face.svg (+128/-0)
docklets/Clock/themes/Default/clock-frame.svg (+221/-0)
docklets/Clock/themes/Default/clock-glass.svg (+112/-0)
docklets/Clock/themes/Default/clock-marks.svg (+1163/-0)
docklets/Clock/themes/Default24/clock-drop-shadow.svg (+134/-0)
docklets/Clock/themes/Default24/clock-face-shadow.svg (+138/-0)
docklets/Clock/themes/Default24/clock-face.svg (+128/-0)
docklets/Clock/themes/Default24/clock-frame.svg (+221/-0)
docklets/Clock/themes/Default24/clock-glass.svg (+112/-0)
docklets/Clock/themes/Default24/clock-marks.svg (+1203/-0)
docklets/Desktop/DesktopDockItem.vala (+55/-0)
docklets/Desktop/DesktopDocklet.vala (+36/-0)
docklets/Desktop/Makefile.am (+73/-0)
docklets/Desktop/desktop.gresource.xml (+24/-0)
docklets/Desktop/icons/show-desktop.svg (+81/-0)
docklets/Desktop/icons/window-cascade.svg (+79/-0)
docklets/Desktop/icons/window-tile.svg (+97/-0)
docklets/Makefile.am (+7/-0)
docklets/Trash/Makefile.am (+60/-0)
docklets/Trash/TrashDockItem.vala (+293/-0)
docklets/Trash/TrashDocklet.vala (+34/-0)
lib/Docklets/Docklet.vala (+36/-0)
lib/Docklets/DockletItem.vala (+31/-0)
lib/Docklets/DockletManager.vala (+216/-0)
lib/Makefile.am (+45/-0)
po/POTFILES.skip (+4/-0)
src/Main.vala (+21/-1)
src/Makefile.am (+7/-1)
vapi/config.vapi (+1/-0)
Revision history for this message
Robert Dyer (psybers) wrote :

No. This goes against the 'stupidly simple' mantra of Plank.

Changed in plank:
status: New → Won't Fix
Revision history for this message
Adam Dingle (adam-yorba) wrote :

OK. Thought it wouldn't hurt to ask. :)

I still think it would be great to have a lightweight dock written in Vala that can display a set of docklets similar to those found in Docky: I'd like to be able to see a clock, network icon and so on there. I personally would rather see notification information in that form (large, colorful icons) rather than in a gnome-panel-like application as found in Unity and GNOME Shell, for instance. Since it's clear that's outside of the scope of Docky, I'll consider starting a separate project for such a dock.

Revision history for this message
Robert Dyer (psybers) wrote :

The plan is to extend Plank and create Docky 3.0.

In a sense, Docky is being ported to Vala. But not a direct port as a lot is being rewritten to improve the core.

Revision history for this message
Adam Dingle (adam-yorba) wrote :

Ah, I see. Sounds like a great plan.

Rico Tzschichholz (ricotz)
Changed in plank:
status: Won't Fix → New
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
summary: - docklets
+ Add support for docklets
Changed in plank:
milestone: none → 0.11.0
Rico Tzschichholz (ricotz)
Changed in plank:
status: New → Fix Committed
assignee: nobody → Rico Tzschichholz (ricotz)
Rico Tzschichholz (ricotz)
Changed in plank:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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