Bug 229153

Summary:	Plasma pager widget needs clearer way to mark active desktop
Product:	[Plasma] plasma4	Reporter:	homoludens <homoludens1000>
Component:	widget-pager	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	brian, laidig, wstephenson
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Unspecified
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description homoludens 2010-03-02 17:45:15 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.4.0)
Installed from:    openSUSE RPMs

I'm having a hard time finding out which desktop is active when I look at the Plasma Pager widget (see screenshot here to see what I mean -- in each picture, a different desktop is activated:
[URL=http://www.imagebam.com/image/b79ed070289042/][IMG]http://thumbnails27.imagebam.com/7029/b79ed070289042.gif[/IMG][/URL]
In the screenshot, I'm using the openSUSE Air theme; I've experimented with different ones, but the problem remains the same.)

Part of the reason for this problem is likely the lack of consistency with regard to coloring / marking the active desktop.

It would be nice if the Pager could make it clearer which the active desktop is, for example by coloring it, or encircling it, with a color that stands out more (bright red / blue / green?)

Comment 1 homoludens 2010-03-02 17:46:44 UTC

Sorry, it seems that the link to the screenshot is not working. Please try this one:
http://www.imagebam.com/image/b79ed070289042/

Comment 2 Brian DeRocher 2010-09-03 22:20:43 UTC

I agree with homoludens.  It's very hard to tell which desktop is active.  His screenshot shows this.  And it's worse when (1) each desktop has a few windows, or (2) when one window is sticky.

I'm using the Oxygen theme.

Comment 3 Will Stephenson 2010-09-22 09:26:14 UTC

Agree, using Air here.  The indication of the current desktop is only a larger, brighter highlight, and I can't recognise it at a glance.  

The obvious presentation would be consistent with the task manager's presentation of the focussed window by using a strongly contrasting shade.

Comment 4 Coacher 2014-02-07 14:13:45 UTC

*** This bug has been confirmed by popular vote. ***

Comment 5 Nate Graham 2018-06-08 20:03:07 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