Version: (using KDE Devel) Installed from: Compiled sources OS: Linux I'd really like placement of plasmoids be easier, with snapping to each other and the desktop border.
Already part of the plan, see http://techbase.kde.org/index.php?title=Projects/Plasma/4.1_Roadmap specifically: Widget Snap-n-Stick: make it possible to stick widgets together, "magnetic grouping"
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I too think that this option will be very useful but I am using KDE 4.2 and it is still not implemented.
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The 4.1 Roadmap was deleted from the Wiki. Does anyone have any details about the planned features? What I'd like to see: some kind of grid snapping also for resizing: Imagine, having 3 applets side by side like this: __________ __________ __________ | | | | | | | Applet | | Applet | | Applet | | A | | B | | C | | | | | | | | | |__________| | | | | |__________| |__________| When resizing now the height of "Applet B", it snaps when it is at the same height as the neighbor applets A and C. This could be achieved by a virtual invisible grid which is used for placing and resizing the applets. Furthermore permanent snapping with a grid covering the whole desktop shell like it is available in graphics applications like Inkscape could be used to, so that moving/resizing snaps at every 'n' pixel.
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A similar wish (snap to grid) has been reported on bug #167223.
Created attachment 53226 [details] mockup Here is a mockup of how this could work. The digital clock is being moved, with the possibility of snapping it to the bottom of the folderview and/or the middle of the panel. The blue lines show where it would snap, and the red lines show what part of the plasmoid would snap to it.
In 4.6 there is the Grid Desktop which divides the desktop into suqares/retangles and makes your widgets automatically adjust to this size. You can add and remove rows/columns and the widgets automatically adapt.
This is now implemented in the QML desktop containment: http://vizzzion.org/blog/2013/01/desktop-containment-moving-to-plasma-quick/
The QML containment work has not yet been merged to master, so it is unsure if it will appear in 4.11. Reopening.
Hello! This feature request was filed for KDE Plasma 4, which reached end-of-support status in August 2015. KDE Plasma 5's desktop shell has been almost completely rewritten for better performance and usability, so it is likely that this feature request is already implemented in Plasma 5, or is no longer applicable. Accordingly, we hope you understand why we must close this feature request. If the requested feature is still desired but not implemented in KDE Plasma 5.12 or later, please feel free to open a new ticket in the "plasmashell" product after reading https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved/Bug_Reporting If you would like to get involved in KDE's bug triaging effort so that future mass bug closes like this are less likely, please read https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved#Bug_Triaging Thanks for your understanding! Nate Graham