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WIP: Proposal: Unobtrusive progress indicator

Thomas Schöps requested to merge thomassc/kdevelop:unobtrusive_progress_indicator into master

In my opinion, the progress bar indicating the parse progress on the bottom right of the main window can be somewhat distracting when writing code, since it constantly appears/disappears/moves and thus takes attention. In addition, what bothers me in particular is that it only disappears some time after parsing finished, further delaying the time when everything finally seems to be finished.

Thus, this merge request proposes an 'unobtrusive' mode for the parsing progress indicator, which simply says "Working ..." and intentionally does not display the current progress such that there is less distracting movement. Most of the time, the exact progress is completely irrelevant, and if desired, the user can still click the button on the left to show the detailed progress widget.

What do you think? This could either be integrated as an option or completely replace the current progress bar.

Screenshot: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1h5l1Lhn6_HxOrHEGl2eUZGQTgv3RAKWV

Edited by Thomas Schöps

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