Bug 187099

Summary:	Effects button too large on vertical panel
Product:	[Unmaintained] plasma4	Reporter:	Dotan Cohen <kde-2011.08>
Component:	widget-misc	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	echidnaman
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Unspecified
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Attachments:	Screenshot illutrating problem

Description Dotan Cohen 2009-03-14 04:11:29 UTC

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

The toggle effects button is 111 pixels tall in a vertical panel. This is too big.

Comment 1 Dotan Cohen 2009-03-14 04:11:53 UTC

Created attachment 32083 [details]
Screenshot illutrating problem

Comment 2 Dotan Cohen 2009-03-17 15:01:22 UTC

It appears that this applet will resize itself, preserving aspect ratio, to take up the maximum amount of space that it can. A similar issue is to be had with the clock applet:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=185447

A possible solution would be to use a horizontal switch instead of a vertical switch on vertical panels.

Comment 3 Jonathan Thomas 2009-06-14 19:10:47 UTC

The issue is fixed in trunk, though it looks a little bit squished compared to the old style in any form factor (vertical/horizontal panel and desktop).
Perhaps in the future a different graphic should be used entirely? (Maybe a circular red/green button?)

Comment 4 Dotan Cohen 2009-06-14 19:34:36 UTC

Maybe the icon could be simply tilted 90 degrees?