Bug 233688

Summary:	No "remove" option in the new add widgets interface
Product:	[Plasma] plasma4	Reporter:	Fred Wells <fredcwells>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	andresbajotierra
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Unspecified
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Fred Wells 2010-04-08 05:14:51 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.4.1)
Installed from:    Fedora RPMs

KDE SC 4.4 introduced a new "Add Widgets..." interface.  And, while it may arguably be an improvement over the old one in some ways, it lacks one very important option - "Remove".  The assumption in building the interface must have been that ALL widgets will have the remove option attached to the widgets themselves.  While this may be true for a majority of cases, it's not true for all.  The "I Hate The Cashew" widget to name one.  Nevertheless, an intelligent interface should provide, not only the means to add, but to remove (and to uninstall for that matter).

As it is, users wishing to remove the "I Hate The Cashew" widget (or any other hidden one) are unable to.  Thus I'm reporting this as a bug.

Comment 1 Dario Andres 2010-04-08 15:09:35 UTC

This is already reported at bug 219931.
<offtopic>Do you know of any other "hidden" widget (which is not a "hack") ?</offtopic> 
Regards

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 219931 ***

Comment 2 Fred Wells 2010-04-09 04:46:36 UTC

I guess I don't agree that this is a duplicate.  I'm stating that the widget manager needs to have ability to remove widgets, else it's broken for the reason I reported.  I don't see where bug 219931 directly addresses that.

Comment 3 Dario Andres 2010-04-09 14:31:09 UTC

Bug 219931 says: "Please add two simple buttons that will allow user to add or remove a widget." (in the 4.4 widget explorer). I think that describes the bug you reported/the feature you want.
Regards

Comment 4 Fred Wells 2010-04-09 15:26:23 UTC

A closer read confirms what you say.  Although... I would make the distinction between bug and wish.  I see this as a bug (a regression from the previous explorer).