Bug 247404

Summary: Kickoff Icon View with Mockups
Product: [Unmaintained] plasma4 Reporter: Supreme1012 <supreme1012>
Component: widget-kickoffAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED    
Severity: wishlist CC: friesoft, s.suther, talvik
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: openSUSE   
OS: Linux   
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Description Supreme1012 2010-08-11 19:00:58 UTC 
Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.4.4) 
OS:                Linux

These are mockups to show how it could potentially look if an "Icon View" option was added to Kickoff. This would not get rid of the current list view, but provide an alternative icon view if selected in the Application Launcher Settings.

The first mockup shows the "Favorites" tab. In this mockup you can see 16 applications without scrolling, as compared to the current list view that shows only 8 in the same amount of space.
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_6yUws0fIttA/TGJfxKoKDOI/AAAAAAAABVI/01TQxCIw3T8/s800/Kickoff%20Mockup1.png

The second mockup shows the Main Applications tab. I separated the categories from the 3 desktop tool applications in order to keep it structured.
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_6yUws0fIttA/TGJfxD6xncI/AAAAAAAABVM/25ob-Xuk4UA/s800/Kickoff%20Mockup2.png

The third mockup just shows an added "Icon View" option in the Application Launcher Settings.
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_6yUws0fIttA/TGJfxIOoMGI/AAAAAAAABVQ/veFp-nUFkB8/s800/Kickoff%20Mockup3.png

Reproducible: Didn't try
Comment 1 conrad-huebler 2010-09-21 18:48:19 UTC 
*** This bug has been confirmed by popular vote. ***
Comment 2 Christoph Feck 2013-10-27 22:23:24 UTC 
*** Bug 326492 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Christoph Feck 2013-10-27 22:24:42 UTC 
Images no longer working, but got the idea. A grid mockup was also added to bug 326492.
Comment 4 Christoph Feck 2013-10-27 22:58:15 UTC 
(and bug 164805)
Comment 5 Christoph Feck 2013-10-27 22:58:35 UTC 
*** Bug 164805 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 Nate Graham 2018-06-08 20:02:56 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better performance and usability, so it is likely that this feature request is already implemented in Plasma 5, or is no longer applicable.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