Bug 175477

Summary: remove decorative info panes
Product: [Applications] systemsettings Reporter: Maciej Pilichowski <bluedzins>
Component: generalAssignee: System Settings Bugs <sourtooth+ssbugs>
Status: RESOLVED LATER    
Severity: wishlist CC: finex
Priority: NOR    
Version: 4.1   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: openSUSE   
OS: Unspecified   
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Description Maciej Pilichowski 2008-11-18 11:22:29 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE 4.1.3)
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs

remove decorative info panes

The reasons:
a) they are not informative at all
b) they don't help in anything
c) they are purely decorative element
d) they are redundant element (of titlebar)
e) they take space

ad.e) it is a major drawback for the netbooks users (screen height 600 pixels!) and yet the space is taken by this decoration (it is always visible) instead of actual content

Take a little tour for yourself (in quotes, info panes titles):
keyboard & mouse: mouse --> "mouse settings" 
keyboard & mouse: keyboard --> "keyboard settings"
dektop: desktop effects --> "configure desktop effects"

It is just duplicating titles (we are in the system settings, and it is for configuring, and the module has already label and big icon), besides there is already place for that kind of labeling -- it is titlebar. Please use it, and remove this redundant widget. All netbooks users (and not only) will be grateful, thank you.
Comment 1 FiNeX 2008-11-18 11:29:28 UTC 
Created attachment 28657 [details]
screenshot.

Do you mean this?
Comment 2 FiNeX 2008-11-18 11:30:38 UTC 
It seems that some modules has a nice explanation, others doesn't.
Comment 3 Maciej Pilichowski 2008-11-18 11:37:59 UTC 
Yes, this one.

But the thing is they explain (if they explain, I didn't fine one) always. It is purpose of help. 

So the cost of this "information" is very high.
Comment 4 Ben Cooksley 2010-02-26 06:52:53 UTC 
The presence of this element is required by upstream KDE Libs classes, and is shown the same in Dolphin's configuration dialog ( or anything that uses KConfigDialog, including Plasma )

Therefore, in order to appear the same as these applications, this will not occur.