Bug 182192

Summary:	Suggestion for Desktop activities GUI
Product:	[Unmaintained] plasma4	Reporter:	Javier G. <jagarni1983>
Component:	activities	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	alex.back, caionnew, chanika, finex, wshambaugh
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Unspecified
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Attachments:	Here is an example of how could look my suggestion

Description Javier G. 2009-01-28 19:09:24 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.2.0)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

I was thinking about the UI that desktops should have to link activities to desktops when perVirtualDesktopViews is true and where should be placed that options.

Finally I remembered that "Multiple Desktops - KDE Control module" (right click on pager widget -> "Config desktops...") is a menu where people select the number of desktops. There is a lot of wasted space to only write a desktop name and that could be added a box to select activities.

I think that the default option should be a link of the current activity that is active in that moment.

Comment 1 Javier G. 2009-01-28 19:10:46 UTC

Created attachment 30678 [details]
Here is an example of how could look my suggestion

Thanks by read my suggestion :-)

Comment 2 Scott 2009-02-23 02:25:09 UTC

Great mockup. This is the feature I want most in 4.3, as I think that neither plasma nor the desktop features will fully be able to complement each other until this is done.

Comment 3 Alex Back 2009-03-18 08:56:22 UTC

I would love to see this feature in 4.3. That would rapidly improve the usage of virtual desktops and activities.

+1 from me :)

Comment 4 FiNeX 2009-08-04 00:59:51 UTC

Currently you can set plasma to have different ativity for each desktop. But your mockup is very interesting... how about multiple monitors?

When you use twinview (for example) with 4 virtual desktop, each monitor has its own activity. In this case you should configure TWO activities for each virtual desktop.

Comment 5 Chani 2010-12-01 20:25:45 UTC

huh. I never saw this report...
anyways, the way activities work in 4.5+ makes it irrelevant, I'm afraid. activities and virtual desktops are separate now. (although we still need someone to make it easy to get to a screen's widgets after it's unplugged...)