Bug 343986

Summary: Make window grouping optional
Product: [Unmaintained] plasma4 Reporter: Paul Pogonyshev <pogonyshev>
Component: widget-icontasksAssignee: Craig Drummond <craig>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: wishlist CC: hehe_br-linux, konsoletyper, nate, qantas94heavy
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Debian unstable   
OS: Linux   
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Description Paul Pogonyshev 2015-02-09 23:44:05 UTC 
In standard task manager settings it is possible to disable grouping. However, in icon-only one there is no corresponding setting and the windows are always grouped. Please add similar setting.

Rationale:
* Icon task manager doesn't take much space, so it is desirable (for some people) to see all windows at once.
* It is annoying when some icons need one click to focus corresponding window, while others (grouped) need two.

Cons:
* With icons only it is difficult to distinguish windows one from another. However:
- it is not an issue if you have a pretty consistent set of windows open, so you just remember which is which;
- you can tell from tooltip;
- task manager could optionally display abbreviated window title (e.g. EAB for this page -- first letters of "Enter A Bug") over icons;
- just let the user decide.

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Alexey Andreev 2016-04-27 20:02:18 UTC 
Any comments from developers?
Comment 2 hehe_br 2016-08-10 15:44:25 UTC 
I also vote for the grouping of similar apps be optional in "Icons-only Task Manager".
This option was available in the "Smooth Tasks" on Plasma 4, perhaps some of the code can be reused to make it available in "Icons-only Task Manager".
Having always to click in the grouped apps and select the resired tooltip is very annoying!
Thanks for your help and attention!
Comment 3 Karl Cheng 2017-10-08 04:52:05 UTC 
I believe this is a duplicate of bug 368430 (don't have permissions to change status).
Comment 4 Nate Graham 2017-12-15 16:19:52 UTC 
Yup, sure is.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 368430 ***
Comment 5 hehe_br 2017-12-18 09:37:27 UTC 
Hi, I found a work around by:
- Right click on the app in the icon taskbar > More Actions > Unmark "Allow this program to be grouped"

KDE Plasma Version: 5.8.7
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.32.0
Qt Version: 5.6.2
openSUSE 42.3