Bug 204198

Summary: Digital Clock: Let user choose side-by-side or stacked layout
Product: [Unmaintained] plasma4 Reporter: Michael Reiher <redm>
Component: widget-clockAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL    
Severity: wishlist CC: jlayt, nico.schloemer
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Ubuntu   
OS: Unspecified   
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Description Michael Reiher 2009-08-17 20:17:39 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE 4.3.0)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

The digital clock automatically chooses either side-by-side or stacked layout of time and date depending on the panel height. The problem: when increasing the panel height from really slim (side-by-side layout) it switches to stacked layout way too early, so that the time is really tiny. I'd like the time to be big and bold and the date in a small font side by side. 

Another option would of course be to automatically switch to stacked layout only at a bigger panel height.
Comment 1 John Layt 2011-05-27 17:14:27 UTC 
*** Bug 238025 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 John Layt 2011-05-27 19:00:32 UTC 
We have discussed this option on the plasma developers list and decided this
option will not be added to the standard clock widget.  Instead we will seek to
resolve the issues with the auto-sizing code.
Comment 3 Michael Reiher 2011-05-27 20:06:34 UTC 
Of course, in case it works automatically this would be the preferd way. But you also have to take into account the screen resolution. The switching point in terms of pixels is different depending on the screen dpi. E.g. I like having a top screen panel with menubar, tray and clock on it. On my low res laptop screen the panel height is about 20 pixels, while on my huge highres screen at work its perhaps 28-30 and on my desktop machine somewhere in between. Visually the result is similar on all three displays. The difference in pixels might not be much, but in relation to the panel size it really matters.