Uno sidebar API proposal

[SOS]

Laurent ,
More properties: Size , colors, background ?
What about having the DialogControls available (ProgressBar, Watch, 
Images, listbox.....)

Greetz

Fernand
> Hi all
>
> The libreoffice sidebar can be enhanced by adding Decks and Panels via 
> extensions
> Unfortunatelly, there is no available UNO API to easily manipulate the 
> sidebar, the decks, the panels once deployed
>
> So I plan to write some (first ideas at the end of the mail)
> (targeting calc & writer for the moment)
>
> i did some premiminary PoC using the existing sfx2/sidebar stuff
> There seems to be some limitations and i'll probably have to rework this
>
> for example, only the current active deck object is available. deck 
> seems to be rebuilt at each changes
> why such a choice ?
> would it be too costly to build/store all the desks/panels
>
> I would like your opinion about the approach and be assured that this 
> work will be not dropped (if i succeed as my skills are limited)
>
> I'll work on a separate branch and will follow carefully the GSoC 
> related to this sidebar topic
>
> Any comment welcomme
>
> Laurent
>
> '------------------
> firs ideas on an UNO Sidebar API
>
>
> * currenController or XComponent ?
>     --> getSidebar --> see *currentSidebar
>
> * currentSidebar
>     --> enable/disable : show or hides the sidebar (as menu view > 
> sidebar)
>     --> getDesks --> see *Desks
>     --> getEnabledDesksNames
>     --> getActiveDesk --> see *Desk
>
> * Desks
>     --> count
>     --> getByName --> see *Desk
>     --> getByindex --> see *Desk
>
> * Desk
>     --> show/hide (or activate ?)
>     --> enable/disable (same as the checkboxes of the sidebar 
> customization dropdown menu)
>     --> setIndex : to control the dispaly order of desks icons ? moves 
> down the other ? only for custom desks (deployed by extension) to 
> preserve built-in desks layout ?
>     --> getPanels --> see *Panels
>     --> some properties (name, label, context ...)
>
> * Panels
>     --> count
>     --> getByName --> see *Panel
>     --> getByindex --> see *Panel
>
> * Panel
>     --> expand/collapse (with option for collapsing all the other if 
> expand)
>     --> setIndex : to control the display order of panels in the deck 
> ? moves down the other ?
>     --> getDialog : get the dialog object to be able to access UI 
> controls
>     --> some properties (name, label, )
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