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File Attachment: using the KDEPlatformTheme - Screen Shot 2015-11-30 at 15.43.31.png <https://git.reviewboard.kde.org//r/126198/#fcomment495> NB: I'm *not* pushing this as a means to improve the looks of pure Qt applications. That's just an added benefit - one I appreciate, but not more than that. - René J.V. Bertin On Nov. 30, 2015, 4:51 p.m., René J.V. Bertin wrote: > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > This is an automatically generated e-mail. To reply, visit: > https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/126198/ > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > (Updated Nov. 30, 2015, 4:51 p.m.) > > > Review request for KDE Software on Mac OS X, KDE Frameworks and Valorie > Zimmerman. > > > Repository: frameworkintegration > > > Description > ------- > > The KdePlatformTheme plugin can be enabled on OS X with a minimal patch to > Qt5; all that is required is to include the `qgenericunixservices` and > `qgenericunixthemes` components in the build, and to append `"kde"` to the > list returned by `QCocoaIntegration::themeNames()` for instance under the > condition that `KDE_SESSION_VERSION` is set to a suitable value in the > environment. > > This will allow KF5 and Qt5 applications to use the theme selected through > KDE if FrameworkIntegration is installed and KDE_SESSION_VERSION is set, > which seems like a sufficiently specific set of conditions that is easy to > avoid by users who prefer to use the Mac native theme. > > While requestion the KDE theme is also possible through `-style kde` or `env > QT_STYLE_OVERRIDE=kde` the use of the KdePlatformTheme plugin appears to be > the only way to get the full theme, including the font and colour selection. > In my opinion it is above all the font customisation which is a very welcome > feature for Qt/Mac; by default Qt applications use the default system font > (Lucida Grande 13pt or even 14pt) throughout. This is a good UI font, but not > at that size (and most "native" OS X applications indeed use a range of > smaller sizes, depending on role. > > It does have introduce a number of regressions, which the current patch aims > to address. The most visible and problematic of these regressions is the loss > of the Mac-style menu bar and thus of all menu items (actions). > > The fix is straightforward : on OS X (and similarly affected platforms?), an > instance of the native Cocoa platform theme is created through the private > API, and used as a fallback rather than immediately falling back to the > default implementations from `QPlatformTheme`. In addition, methods missing > from (not overridden by) `KdePlatformTheme` are provided on OS X and call the > corresponding methods from the native theme. It is this change which restores > the menubar and even the Dock menu functionality. > One minor regression remains but should be easy to fix (elsewhere?): the > Preferences menu loses its keyboard shortcut (Command-,). > > Given the fallback nature of the native platform instance I have preferred to > print a warning rather than using something like `qFatal`, above all because > the message printed by qFatal tends to get lost on OS X. I can replace my use > of `qWarning` with a dialog giving the choice between continuing or exiting > the application - code that would be called in the menu methods because only > there is it certain that the application actually needs a menubar. > > In line with experience and feedback from the KDE(4)-Mac community I have > decided to force the use of native dialogs rather than the ones from the > KdePlatformPlugin. > > In addition I set the fallback value for `ShowIconsOnPushButtons` to false in > line with platform guidelines, and ensure that the autotests are not built as > app bundles. > > > Diffs > ----- > > autotests/CMakeLists.txt 7c2129c > src/kstyle/kstyle.cpp 6ba5d51 > src/platformtheme/kdeplatformtheme.h 97d09df > src/platformtheme/kdeplatformtheme.cpp 80dbcb7 > src/platformtheme/khintssettings.cpp 8adf6c5 > > Diff: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/126198/diff/ > > > Testing > ------- > > On Mac OS X with Qt 5.5.1, KF5 frameworks 5.16.0 and QtCurve git/head. > > I have not verified to what extent my use of a private `QGuiApplication` API > links builds to a specific Qt version (I consider that nothing shocking and a > minor price to pay). > >>> Do I need to add some glue to the CMake file so that it will warn if the > >>> private headerfiles are not available? Apparently no changes were > >>> required to find them. > > > File Attachments > ---------------- > > purely native OS X theme > > https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/media/uploaded/files/2015/11/30/650d0da7-52b3-40d1-a1f9-cb610494cf77__Screen_Shot_2015-11-30_at_15.42.31.png > native theme but with `-style kde` > > https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/media/uploaded/files/2015/11/30/72e2a6aa-2a7c-465b-b404-fc1e52b6fc69__Screen_Shot_2015-11-30_at_15.43.02.png > using the KDEPlatformTheme > > https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/media/uploaded/files/2015/11/30/309e5995-74fa-42fb-a6f3-936cedbf5246__Screen_Shot_2015-11-30_at_15.43.31.png > on Linux, using a purely "native" theme > > https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/media/uploaded/files/2015/11/30/eaa1d907-bf05-4ca2-821b-83dc062aea04__QtCreatorNativeLNX.png > > > Thanks, > > René J.V. Bertin > >
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