GSoC2020 Final Report: Input Preferences

Blog post by PreetpalKaur on Mon, 2020-08-31 21:15

GSoC 2020 Final Report This is the final report of the GSoC 2020 project Input Preferences The proposal is available here: Proposal Link Work Done: Added the icons for each connected device in the input preferences application. Icons Removed the unwanted devices from the device list when they are not connected to the computer. Improved the look of 4th and 5th button of the mouse and added the 6th button of the mouse and its working.

GSoC2020: First Evaluation

Blog post by PreetpalKaur on Thu, 2020-07-09 17:49

First Evaluation completed :) First of all thanks to my mentor to pass the first evaluation of the GSoC2020. Before discussing the current workflow, here is the picture of the icons work, I forgot to put it in the previous post! Icons I have tested the DPI option also with the six-button mouse and the with button mouse in haiku. The DPI is working well. Now, I am working on the mouse configurations for different mouses.

Progress report of community bonding period

Blog post by PreetpalKaur on Wed, 2020-05-27 01:22

This blog will contain all the information about what I have done in the community bonding period. It’s a bit late to post a blog because I have my exams from 29 May 2020 - 3 June 2020. My first task was to add the icons to the device list which was completed from my side and now working on its backlogs. Please have a review For completing this task first I understood the code of the icon that was used in the media preference.

GSoC 2020 Project: Input Preferences

Blog post by PreetpalKaur on Wed, 2020-05-06 15:09

Introduction: I am Preetpal Kaur B.Tech.(3rd year), Computer Science and Engineering(CSE) student of Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, India. Last year I worked on an Input Preferences project in Haiku as an Outreachy intern 2019, which encapsulates all the preferences in a single dialog window. Now, my aim is to explore this project more by adding the new preferences for the devices and enhance their functionalities. About my project: Previously, the input preferences contained the UI and the functionalities of mouse, keyboard, keymap and touchpad.