Bug 336279

Summary:	Use "stop" or "pause" icon instead of "close" icon to stop/suspend activities
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Elias Probst <mail>
Component:	Activity Switcher sidebar	Assignee:	Ivan Čukić <ivan.cukic>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	aleixpol, jamboarder, kde, neptunecat34
Priority:	NOR	Flags:	kde: VisualDesign+
Version First Reported In:	master
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Gentoo Packages
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Bug Depends on:	342713
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Description Elias Probst 2014-06-15 21:37:31 UTC

Currently, the activity switcher uses an "X" (close icon) to stop/suspend activities.
The "X" is usually more associated with dismissing information/applications/…

A "stop" or "pause" icon would represent stopping an activity IMHO better.

Comment 1 Philipp Stefan 2014-06-18 06:44:29 UTC

I agree. Using the "X" icon conveys the meaning of deleting the activity instead of simply stopping it.

Comment 2 Ivan Čukić 2014-06-19 05:09:16 UTC

I have nothing against replacing the icon.

But I disagree that X means deletion. When you press X on an application or on a plasma applet, are you deleting it or just removing from the list of currently running ones?

Comment 3 Andrew Lake 2014-06-23 01:00:55 UTC

I do agree with Ivan that X doesn't strictly mean deletion, though a pause or stop icon does seem like it might be a slightly better metaphor in this instance.

Comment 4 Aleix Pol 2014-07-07 17:27:22 UTC

This discussion doesn't seem to go forward, a decision should be taken.

Comment 5 David Edmundson 2014-09-22 23:53:44 UTC

Ivan as maintainer can you make a decision please.

This should be either confirmed or closed.

Comment 6 David Edmundson 2014-10-04 18:37:17 UTC

In lieu of a maintainer I'm confirming this as it sounds that's what Andrew is leaning towards.

Comment 7 Ivan Čukić 2015-12-15 12:25:11 UTC

Lets close this soon.

We have the following options now:

- process-stop (currently used)
- media-playback-stop
- media-playback-pause
- edit-delete (used to delete a stopped activity)

The currently used icon (process-stop) for some reason shows an (X) even if breeze defines it to be a minus symbol in a circle, painted red.

The media-playback-stop seems like a good alternative, but it does not convey that it is a bit destructive operation - it would be nice if we had a red version of it.

I don't like media-playback-pause for this.

Comment 8 Ivan Čukić 2015-12-15 12:26:31 UTC

p.s. system-suspend seems like a nice one as well.

Comment 9 Elias Probst 2016-01-03 18:05:50 UTC

The current icon ("stop-sign like") looks good to me - closing this bug.