Bug 314051

Summary: option or default mode to centre things as much as possible, such as in menubars, toolbars, etc.
Product: [I don't know] kde Reporter: David Melik <dnc>
Component: generalAssignee: Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: wishlist CC: heri+kde, nate
Priority: NOR    
Version: 4.8   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Slackware   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description David Melik 2013-01-29 03:20:56 UTC
I once suggested this on the KDE forum, but I am not sure I was clear or that any developers read it. It would be nice if more things were centred in KDE rather than mostly being to the left, which favours people that use a certain hand or who read certain alphabets, and is still not as good even for them. Particularly, it would be good if toolbars, menubars, menus and buttons on them, etc.--maybe even the minimize, maximize and close buttons, if done aesthetically--could be in the centre of their bar, rather than all the way to the left, just because most people read from left to right, but if someone is using KDE in Hebrew, for example, they will be, or should be able to, read from right to left. I think having all this stuff to the left or right favours people who use a certain hand. You added modifications to help people use the mouse with their left hand, so why not more? Even though I read from left to right, it is a pain to have menus and buttons all the way to the left on a huge screen: if they were centred, the GUI would be more user-friendly, and I think many/most people would prefer it to one that just seemed to be based on pre-GUI models, unless they could no longer add things to bars and have room, such as with Firefox add-ons. If you added some optional or default functionality like this, depending on what parts you think worked well, it would be another way in which you could become more ahead of Windows and MacOS.

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Dennis Schridde 2013-02-09 15:37:05 UTC
I think many parts are already centered, aren't they? KRunner, Menubar - you can center the plasma panels if you like, ...
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2020-09-29 20:58:40 UTC
Yeah you can generally self service here.

Regarding RTL, people using RTL languages don't want things centered, they want things in RTL view! Which we have now. So they can use that. :)