plasma-framework/contextaction.h
Chani Armitage 69365ddada paste is triggered by a plugin now.
also, clean up the drop/paste handling a bit

svn path=/trunk/KDE/kdelibs/; revision=1012643
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/*
* Copyright 2008 by Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
* Copyright 2008 by Petri Damsten <damu@iki.fi>
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
* published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
* License along with this program; if not, write to the
* Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
* 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
*/
#ifndef PLASMA_CONTEXTACTION_H
#define PLASMA_CONTEXTACTION_H
#include <QList>
#include <kplugininfo.h>
#include <plasma/plasma.h>
#include <plasma/packagestructure.h>
#include <plasma/version.h>
class QAction;
namespace Plasma
{
class Containment;
class ContextActionPrivate;
/**
* @class ContextAction plasma/contextaction.h <Plasma/ContextAction>
*
* @short The base ContextAction class
*
* "ContextActions" are components that provide an action (usually displaying a contextmenu) in
* response to an event with a position (usually a mouse event).
*
* ContextAction plugins are registered using .desktop files. These files should be
* named using the following naming scheme:
*
* plasma-contextaction-\<pluginname\>.desktop
*
*/
class PLASMA_EXPORT ContextAction : public QObject
{
Q_OBJECT
Q_PROPERTY(QString name READ name)
Q_PROPERTY(QString pluginName READ pluginName)
Q_PROPERTY(QString icon READ icon)
public:
/**
* Default constructor for an empty or null contextaction
*/
explicit ContextAction(QObject * parent = 0);
~ContextAction();
/**
* Returns a list of all known contextactions.
*
* @return list of contextactions
**/
static KPluginInfo::List listContextActionInfo();
/**
* Attempts to load a contextaction
*
* Returns a pointer to the contextaction if successful.
* The caller takes responsibility for the contextaction, including
* deleting it when no longer needed.
*
* @param name the plugin name, as returned by KPluginInfo::pluginName()
* @param args to send the contextaction extra arguments
* @return a pointer to the loaded contextaction, or 0 on load failure
**/
static ContextAction *load(const QString &name, const QVariantList &args = QVariantList());
/**
* Attempts to load a contextaction
*
* Returns a pointer to the contextaction if successful.
* The caller takes responsibility for the contextaction, including
* deleting it when no longer needed.
*
* @param info KPluginInfo object for the desired contextaction
* @param args to send the contextaction extra arguments
* @return a pointer to the loaded contextaction, or 0 on load failure
**/
static ContextAction *load(const KPluginInfo &info, const QVariantList &args = QVariantList());
/**
* Returns the Package specialization for contextactions.
*/
static PackageStructure::Ptr packageStructure();
/**
* Returns the user-visible name for the contextaction, as specified in the
* .desktop file.
*
* @return the user-visible name for the contextaction.
**/
QString name() const;
/**
* Returns the plugin name for the contextaction
*/
QString pluginName() const;
/**
* Returns the icon related to this contextaction
**/
QString icon() const;
/**
* @return true if initialized (usually by calling restore), false otherwise
*/
bool isInitialized() const;
/**
* This method should be called once the wallpaper is loaded or mode is changed.
* @param config Config group to load settings
* @see init
**/
void restore(const KConfigGroup &config);
/**
* This method is called when settings need to be saved.
* @param config Config group to save settings
**/
virtual void save(KConfigGroup &config);
/**
* Returns the widget used in the configuration dialog.
* Add the configuration interface of the contextaction to this widget.
* To signal that settings have changed connect to
* settingsChanged(bool modified) in @p parent.
* @code connect(this, SIGNAL(settingsChanged(bool), parent, SLOT(settingsChanged(bool)))
* @endcode
* Emit settingsChanged(true) when the settings are changed and false when the original state is restored.
*/
virtual QWidget *createConfigurationInterface(QWidget *parent);
/**
* This method is called when the user's configuration changes are accepted
*/
virtual void configurationAccepted();
/**
* Implement this to respond to events.
* The user can configure whatever button and modifier they like, so please don't look at
* those parameters.
* So far the event could be a QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent or a QGraphicsSceneWheelEvent.
*/
virtual void contextEvent(QEvent *event);
/**
* Implement this to provide a list of actions that can be added to another menu
* for example, when right-clicking an applet, the "Activity Options" submenu is populated
* with this.
*/
virtual QList<QAction*> contextualActions();
/**
* @return true if the contextaction currently needs to be configured,
* otherwise, false
*/
bool configurationRequired() const;
/**
* Turns a mouse or wheel event into a string suitable for a ContextAction
* @return the string representation of the event
*/
static QString eventToString(QEvent *event);
protected:
/**
* This constructor is to be used with the plugin loading systems
* found in KPluginInfo and KService. The argument list is expected
* to have one element: the KService service ID for the desktop entry.
*
* @param parent a QObject parent; you probably want to pass in 0
* @param args a list of strings containing one entry: the service id
*/
ContextAction(QObject *parent, const QVariantList &args);
/**
* This method is called once the contextaction is loaded or mode is changed.
*
* The mode can be retrieved using the renderingMode() method.
*
* @param config Config group to load settings
**/
virtual void init(const KConfigGroup &config);
/**
* When the contextaction needs to be configured before being usable, this
* method can be called to denote that action is required
*
* @param needsConfiguring true if the applet needs to be configured,
* or false if it doesn't
*/
void setConfigurationRequired(bool needsConfiguring);
/**
* return the containment the plugin is associated with, if any.
*/
Containment *containment();
/**
* pastes the clipboard at a given location
* this is here specially for the paste plugin.
*/
void paste(QPointF scenePos, QPoint screenPos);
private:
friend class ContextActionPackage;
friend class ContextActionPrivate;
ContextActionPrivate *const d;
};
} // Plasma namespace
/**
* Register a contextaction when it is contained in a loadable module
*/
#define K_EXPORT_PLASMA_CONTEXTACTION(libname, classname) \
K_PLUGIN_FACTORY(factory, registerPlugin<classname>();) \
K_EXPORT_PLUGIN(factory("plasma_contextaction_" #libname)) \
K_EXPORT_PLUGIN_VERSION(PLASMA_VERSION)
#endif // multiple inclusion guard