RFC: Inclusion of a hotcorners applet

[fossfreedom]

https://github.com/UbuntuBudgie/experimental/tree/master/hotcornersII_projectfolder/applet_uc

(similar RFC: #1499)

We have developed a vala based hotcorners Applet - abilities to

• define corners on the primary display to invoke an action when the cursor hits that area
• a user defined "Pressure" setting as to the speed that the cursor needs to enter the area to invoke i.e. prevent accidental activation
• applet popover gui to launch predefined / custom actions.
• actions and settings are all gsettings based.

Is this something the budgie desktop team is interested in to be included in the git tree?

If yes, we will do a proper PR, integration and will rejig the source files to fit the style of current applets.

[JoshStrobl]

I'd much rather this be something that is integrated into Budgie Settings (a new Hotcorners panel) rather than being a dedicated applet.

[Jacob-Vlijm]

@JoshStrobl Not sure why that is. I'd rather be able to quickly switch commands then digging up Budgie settings first. The "more general" pressure setting is in Budgie Settings though.

[JoshStrobl]

@Jacob-Vlijm Because this level of customization deserves a dedicated space rather than being squashed into an applet. I don't really see the value-add in having hotcorner actions be changeable on-the-fly, they're typically something you "set and forget".

[Jacob-Vlijm]

@JoshStrobl Ah, ok, must be a different user case then. I am switching it all the time, depending on the job I am on. Using it via Budgie Settings would be a pain for me. Could easily move the Applet section to Budgie Settings of course for an upstream version.

[yursan9]

Sorry for the intrusion... What do you think about keeping the applet as the switch? If you want to deactivate the trigger easily, you can use the applet.

Something like this:
https://i.imgur.com/24wbIUW.png

[Iiari]

Sorry to intrude as well, but I have a use case that matches Jacob's. I'm constantly switching the hotcorner settings in the Ubuntu Budgie applet, as I'm using different apps (and a lot via Citrix VPN) where different areas of the screen of different software are already "active" and the hotcorners can conflict. Thus, I'm switching them often via the UB applet, sometimes a few times a day. That also isn't including any gaming, which requires deactivation of them too...

Perhaps we can have our cake and eat too in settings by treating them like, say, volume settings. Right now, there are, what, 3 different mirrored sound locations for settings? System tray, system settings, and Raven. For hotcorners, perhaps there can be a section in Budgie settings for it, and then a simplified mirror of those settings in in the icon tray as there is now that can be swapped on the fly.

Thanks for all of your efforts!

[Jacob-Vlijm]

The project has moved btw, the new location is https://github.com/UbuntuBudgie/experimental/tree/master/hotcornersII_final

[fossfreedom]

I have been led here where Hot corners was discussed. Given the discussion I will close this offer.

https://dev.solus-project.com/T5010