Comment 1 for bug 1561730

It is OK for me to track the idea here.
Am 24.03.2016 9:55 nachm. schrieb "RAWRR" <email address hidden>:

> Public bug reported:
>
> The skins are getting as full of controls as we can make them; with the
> new FX array added to the samplers, and now the option of four decks,
> there is less and less leeway. especially for smaller screens and
> especially for aesthetics. Elegance becomes difficult when the screen is
> just a mass of widgets practically touching each other.
>
> What I propose is "slide out" pages that emerge when the mouse stays at
> the edge of the screen for a configurable amount of time. This is a
> common feature of Android and various web applications. I believe Tumblr
> uses it and the Lightning browser for Android uses it, though the idea
> goes as far back as taskbar hiding in various desktop
> environments/shells.
>
> The one hitch I foresee is what to do when Mixxx isn't in fullscreen
> mode, but a clickable tab should suffice. It would also be nice to allow
> the cursor to sense the edge of the window so that if reaching that
> vertice from the inside, it could trigger the drawer/panel even without
> that vertice being flush with the monitor edge.
>
> Should I submit this as a blueprint, or is this adequate?
>
> ** Affects: mixxx
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
>
> ** Tags: feature gui wishlist
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1561730
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> Title:
> new feature idea: GUI/skin paging
>
> Status in Mixxx:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> The skins are getting as full of controls as we can make them; with
> the new FX array added to the samplers, and now the option of four
> decks, there is less and less leeway. especially for smaller screens
> and especially for aesthetics. Elegance becomes difficult when the
> screen is just a mass of widgets practically touching each other.
>
> What I propose is "slide out" pages that emerge when the mouse stays
> at the edge of the screen for a configurable amount of time. This is a
> common feature of Android and various web applications. I believe
> Tumblr uses it and the Lightning browser for Android uses it, though
> the idea goes as far back as taskbar hiding in various desktop
> environments/shells.
>
> The one hitch I foresee is what to do when Mixxx isn't in fullscreen
> mode, but a clickable tab should suffice. It would also be nice to
> allow the cursor to sense the edge of the window so that if reaching
> that vertice from the inside, it could trigger the drawer/panel even
> without that vertice being flush with the monitor edge.
>
> Should I submit this as a blueprint, or is this adequate?
>
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