Bug 175270

Summary:	removing widgets: add confirmation dialog
Product:	[Unmaintained] plasma4	Reporter:	Maciej Pilichowski <bluedzins>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	adam, alvanx, finex, kernelcruncher, yan
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Unspecified
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Description Maciej Pilichowski 2008-11-16 09:49:05 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.1.3)
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs

removing widgets: add confirmation dialog

The reason is that after removing the widget is it is tiresome to get it back -- not only the user has to add the widget but also has to reorder all the other widgets already placed in the panel. Seconds before I clicked accidentally LMB instead of RMB and my taskbar was gone. I knew how to get it back surprisingly it took some time to "undo" the removal -- i.e. set the previous layout.

Thus: please provide confirmation dialog with option "do not show this dialog again" maybe if some power user thinks it is too safe to have this dialog.

Comment 1 FiNeX 2009-09-02 11:24:40 UTC

*** Bug 205953 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 FiNeX 2009-09-06 16:35:22 UTC

*** Bug 206425 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Benjamin M 2011-10-12 18:24:27 UTC

This idea has had almost 200 votes on Brainstorm (http://http://forum.kde.org/brainstorm.php#idea83820). It was filed here 1 1/4 years ago and has exactly one vote (or had until I added 10), is still marked as unconfirmed. There is something wrong with the Brainstorm/bug tracker system when a popular and very crucial request such as this one gets stalled by a second round of votes like this. The Brainstorm request got locked because it was filed here. And then, nothing happened. Maybe something should happen to the concept of Brainstorm? :-)

Comment 4 Adam Porter 2012-03-03 22:05:49 UTC

This is a sorely-needed feature!  I just accidentally removed an applet that I once, long ago, spent much time adjusting.  Luckily for me I keep my ~/.kde/share/config in bzr, so I was able to recover it.

All I ask is a simple "Remove widget?" confirmation box.  Undo would be nice, but a simple confirmation would be no problem to add and would avoid problems like this.

Comment 5 Nate Graham 2018-06-08 20:05:45 UTC

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