[Applications] Settings - Rewrite

[andersevenrud]

The Settings application is something that has not changed much since the start of all of this. It's time to make it better.

One of the reasons is that I really want "pluggable" modules so it becomes easier to actually add/modify stuff.

I'm thinking something like the Gnome control panel thing.

Base:

• [x] Settle on some kind of design
• [x] Integrate design into base less file (generic CSS classes)
• [x] Module integration
• [x] SettingsManager Watches
• [x] Locales

Modules:

• [x] Theme
• [x] Desktop
• [x] Search
• [x] Sounds
• [x] Locales
• [x] VFS
• [x] Panels
• [x] User

New stuff:

• [x] Hotkey editor
• [x] Sound map editor
• [x] Package Manager
• [x] Mount Manager (TODO: Add more transports)
• [ ] Widgets
• [x] Store
• [x] User mangement

branch: https://github.com/os-js/OS.js/tree/development

branch: https://github.com/os-js/OS.js/tree/issue480

[marktopper]

How about something like this, including an option to add (or remove) setting groups.

So then an application can put it's own settings in there.

[andersevenrud]

@marktopper Yeah. something like that!

[andersevenrud]

@marktopper It will be something among those lines, yes :) An early prototype:

[marktopper]

@anderssevenrud: Look good, keep on the good work.

How will it look once you go into a setting group? Have you decided that yet?

[andersevenrud]

@marktopper For now it will only be a "Save" and "Cancel" type button to bring you back. If you have any thoughts, please let me know.

[andersevenrud]

Another update

[marktopper]

I don't think that there is a correct way to do for all of them since the content of them would be different.

Like those (taken from my Macbook Pro)

Desktop Settings (Select background and such)

General Settings (Here OS.js could have general settings, like Show File Extensions and Sounds)

Language and Locales (Select Language)

[andersevenrud]

@marktopper For now it looks like this. Luckily it's very easy to modify.

[marktopper]

@andersevenrud: It's gonna be nice.

[andersevenrud]

This is now more or less done and ready for usage :)

You can check it out with the developer branch

[andersevenrud]

Well.... I'm calling this done for now and closing this issus. The remainding tasks already have individual issues.

Will merge into master as soon as it has been tested extensively :)