try to expose containment directly

this is something that should not be done, still searching the least invasive way

src/shell/qmlpackages/desktop/contents/explorer/WidgetExplorer.qml

@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ Item {
     property int minimumWidth: theme.mSize(theme.defaultFont).width * 12
     property int minimumHeight: 800//topBar.height + list.delegateHeight + (widgetExplorer.orientation == Qt.Horizontal ? scrollBar.height : 0) + 4
 
+    property alias containment: widgetExplorer.containment
+
     property Item getWidgetsButton
     property Item categoryButton
 
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ Item {
 
     WidgetExplorer {
         id: widgetExplorer
-        view: desktop
+        //view: desktop
         onShouldClose: main.closed();
     }
     

src/shell/qmlpackages/desktop/contents/views/Desktop.qml

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Rectangle {
 
     property Item containment
 
-    function toggleWidgetExplorer() {
+    function toggleWidgetExplorer(containment) {
         console.log("Widget Explorer toggled");
 
         sidePanelStack.pop(blankPage);
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ Rectangle {
         } else {
             var page = sidePanelStack.push(Qt.resolvedUrl("../explorer/WidgetExplorer.qml"));
             page.closed.connect(function(){sidePanelStack.state = "closed";});
+            page.containment = containment;
             sidePanelStack.state = "widgetExplorer";
         }
     }

src/shell/shellcorona.cpp

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ ShellCorona::ShellCorona(QObject *parent)
     d->desktopDefaultsConfig = KConfigGroup(KSharedConfig::openConfig(package().filePath("defaults")), "Desktop");
 
     qmlRegisterType<WidgetExplorer>("org.kde.plasma.private.shell", 2, 0, "WidgetExplorer");
-    qmlRegisterType<DesktopView>();
+    qmlRegisterType<Plasma::Containment>();
 
     connect(&d->appConfigSyncTimer, &QTimer::timeout,
             this, &ShellCorona::syncAppConfig);
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ void ShellCorona::toggleWidgetExplorer()
     foreach (DesktopView *view, d->views) {
         if (view->screen()->geometry().contains(cursorPos)) {
             //The view QML has to provide something to display the activity explorer
-            view->rootObject()->metaObject()->invokeMethod(view->rootObject(), "toggleWidgetExplorer");
+            view->rootObject()->metaObject()->invokeMethod(view->rootObject(), "toggleWidgetExplorer", Q_ARG(QVariant, QVariant::fromValue(sender())));
             return;
         }
     }

src/shell/widgetexplorer/widgetexplorer.cpp

@@ -297,20 +297,6 @@ WidgetExplorer::~WidgetExplorer()
 }
 
 
-PlasmaQuickView *WidgetExplorer::view()
-{
-    return d->view;
-}
-
-void WidgetExplorer::setView(PlasmaQuickView *view)
-{
-    d->view = view;
-    if (view) {
-        setContainment(view->containment());
-    }
-    emit viewChanged();
-}
-
 void WidgetExplorer::setApplication(const QString &app)
 {
     if (d->application == app && !app.isEmpty()) {
@@ -346,6 +332,7 @@ void WidgetExplorer::setContainment(Plasma::Containment *containment)
         }
 
         d->initRunningApplets();
+        emit containmentChanged();
     }
 }
 

src/shell/widgetexplorer/widgetexplorer.h

@@ -80,10 +80,7 @@ class WidgetExplorer : public QObject
      */
     Q_PROPERTY(QString application READ application WRITE setApplication NOTIFY applicationChanged)
 
-    /**
-     * The view in which we want to add widgets in the end
-     */
-    Q_PROPERTY(PlasmaQuickView *view READ view WRITE setView NOTIFY viewChanged)
+    Q_PROPERTY(Plasma::Containment *containment READ containment WRITE setContainment NOTIFY containmentChanged)
 
 public:
     explicit WidgetExplorer(QObject *parent = 0);
@@ -116,10 +113,6 @@ public:
      */
     Plasma::Corona *corona() const;
 
-
-    PlasmaQuickView *view();
-    void setView(PlasmaQuickView *view);
-
     QObject *widgetsModel() const;
     QObject *filterModel() const;
 
@@ -137,6 +130,7 @@ Q_SIGNALS:
     void shouldClose();
     void viewChanged();
     void applicationChanged();
+    void containmentChanged();
 
 public Q_SLOTS:
     /**