Bug 327989

Summary:	Option to disable window grouping in icon-only task manager
Product:	[Unmaintained] plasma4	Reporter:	Deniz <d.ayikol>
Component:	widget-icontasks	Assignee:	Craig Drummond <craig>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	konsoletyper
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	4.10.5
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Deniz 2013-11-23 20:50:28 UTC

Hello;

I would like to post a feature request for the icon-only task manager widget in KDE 4.10. Since in icon-only mode each icon takes only a small space, there is practically no need for window grouping. Grouping just requires extra mouse clicks to reach a window. I am not qualified to add this feature myself, so I am ready to fund it with €50. I haven't tried KDE 4.11, I don't know if this feature has already been added. If that's the case I would upgrade KDE and delete this request.

Thanks,
Deniz Ayıkol


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Remove the standard task manager widget from the panel
2.Add Icon-only task manager widget
3.Open multiple windows of the same program
Actual Results:  
Multiple windows of the same program are grouped in a single icon. There is no option to disable grouping and show a separate icon for each window.

Expected Results:  
An option to disable window grouping in the widget settings.

Comment 1 Deniz 2013-11-24 20:01:10 UTC

Well I couldn't find how to edit my original post but I think €50 is a bit too much, I can only give €20.

Comment 2 Craig Drummond 2013-11-24 20:12:14 UTC

NO. IconTasks is designed, and always has been, to ALWAYS group tasks. This is the way the code is written, and this is NOT going to change.

Comment 3 Alexey Andreev 2016-04-27 20:00:10 UTC

It's reproducible with Plasma 5. However, there's no alternatives like smooth-tasks.

Craig, can you tell what is the reason? Why it's so hart to add a simple option?