Bug 347326

Summary:	Usability regression: resizing widgets in plasma 5
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Nikola Schnelle <n.schnelle>
Component:	Containment	Assignee:	Andrew Lake <jamboarder>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	bfeber, bshah, bugseforuns, meven29, nate, notuxius, plasma-bugs-null
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	junior-jobs, usability
Version First Reported In:	5.3.0	Flags:	bshah: Usability+ bshah: VisualDesign+
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:	https://cgit.kde.org/plasma-desktop.git/commit/?id=f3d914c0fafc5252b2e2b77c04adf8d88e4e4b62	Version Fixed/Implemented In:	5.17.0
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	Screenshot

Description Nikola Schnelle 2015-05-06 16:21:19 UTC

Resizing slider which pops up when widget is resized is not visually differentiated from widget itself. That makes resizing two or more widgets which need to be same size very hard, because you cannot visually differentiate where widget ends and where slider begins.

I think vertical line which separates widget and slider would solve this problem.



Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Nikola Schnelle 2015-05-06 16:22:53 UTC

Created attachment 92453 [details]
Screenshot

Comment 2 Alexander Mentyu 2018-02-21 11:09:44 UTC

Line between handler and widget itself appears only if widget is smaller then the default height of the handler

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2018-09-18 04:12:40 UTC

All the action is in ./containments/desktop/package/contents/ui/AppletAppearance.qml and ./containments/desktop/package/contents/ui/AppletHandle.qml in the plasma-desktop repo. Search for "handleMerged".

Comment 4 Méven Car 2019-03-15 19:33:24 UTC

I would suggest instead having a different background color for the handle.
Something like a lighter gray or invert the color of the handle completely including the buttons.
It would remove the need for a separation line altogether.
I believe this would be more visually appealing.

Comment 5 Nate Graham 2019-03-16 21:21:04 UTC

Sounds like a good patch opportunity. :)