Bug 356953

Summary:	Allow style to be changed to pre-5.5 (thin line above application name)
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Melvin Vermeeren <mail>
Component:	Task Manager and Icons-Only Task Manager widgets	Assignee:	Eike Hein <hein>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	mail, plasma-bugs-null
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.5.1
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Melvin Vermeeren 2015-12-20 14:05:03 UTC

In versions prior to 5.5, such as 5.4, there was a thin line above an application name indicating the active window and eventual notifications.

Personally I prefer the old style, it somehow feels smoother and less obtrusive, probably because it uses less colour.

I would appreciate if one could select the style he wants, perhaps through the task manager configuration.

Screenshot of old style from YouTube thumb: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FKAyy4Gfxrs/maxresdefault.jpg

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Update from Plasma 5.4 to 5.5.

Actual Results:  
Task manager style is different with no way to change it.

Expected Results:  
Task manager style is different, but old style can selected through options.

Comment 1 Eike Hein 2015-12-20 14:45:40 UTC

I think you can find the Plasma 5.4 theme on "Get New Themes".

Comment 2 Melvin Vermeeren 2015-12-20 15:37:21 UTC

Thanks for the quick reply, I managed to work out a solution that only changes the bask bar but leaves everything else.

For anyone that wants the same in the future (only old taskbar, everything else new):

1. Open "Desktop Theme" settings.
2. Go to "Details" tab.
3. Tick "More" at the bottom.
4. Select desired theme and export it. Unzip it and change directory name to new-theme-name.
5. Edit "metadata.desktop" and set "X-KDE-PluginInfo-Name" to "new-theme-name".

6. Download and unzip only the classic "widgets/tasks.svgz" into "new-theme-name/widgets/tasks.svgz".
- https://opendesktop.org/content/show.php?content=174360 (Breeze)
- https://opendesktop.org/content/show.php?content=174361 (Breeze Dark)

7. Zip the "new-theme-name" directory.
8. Import the newly created zip file in the "Desktop Theme" dialog.