Discussion about expandable applets when they are in the bottom of the screen

[wiiznokes]

This is not user friendly because some part of the applet will be moved to let some place for the new content. It's noticeable when we set the panel to Bottom anchor, and we expand available wifi in the network applet.

I have no idea how this could be solved, and it seems like a foundational problem to me, so i create this issue

[wash2]

You mean the popup is moved to accommodate the expanded list? I don't see what the problem is or what a better alternative would be. Maybe nested popups?

[git-f0x]

GNOME has the same behavior when using extensions to put the panel on the bottom, so not sure how to do this differently without changing the design of the applet.
Windows, for example, makes the entire view of the "applet" used for displaying available networks when the arrow next to the wifi icon is clicked (without changing the size of the "applet"), and the view is scrollable (though the "applet" is more of a quick settings than a dedicated network menu).

[wiiznokes]

A popup may be to radical. Expand is nice when there is space. Maybe it will get better with animation