| Summary: | Information panel could display some information in a more compact way | ||
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| Product: | [Frameworks and Libraries] baloo-widgets | Reporter: | Michael D <nortexoid> |
| Component: | general | Assignee: | Pinak Ahuja <pinak.ahuja> |
| Status: | RESOLVED NOT A BUG | ||
| Severity: | normal | CC: | aspotashev, frank78ac, mustacmarijo, nate, pinak.ahuja, stefan.bruens |
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version: | unspecified | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | Ubuntu | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed In: | ||
| Attachments: |
Screenshot of issue
mockup for 1 column layout |
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Created attachment 96846 [details]
Screenshot of issue
Thanks for the bug report. Baloo's MetaDataWidget is responsible for displaying this information, so I'll reassign. Thinking about this issue again, the information is most efficiently displayed in dual column as long as no comments are added. I wonder if comment information is the only information that can be displayed in a single-columns. Created attachment 109732 [details]
mockup for 1 column layout
I made a mockup how a 1 column based layout may look like. Personally I like it a lot and it offers much more space for the important informations.
I like Marijo's mock-up. I suppose there is room for further streamlining. E.g., it is obvious that the stars correspond to a rating so the heading "Rating:" doesn't need to be there; the rating could occur first at the top without a heading, while tags and comment occur below with headings. The mockup wastes space when there are many properties each fitting in a single line, e.g. common for images with exif data. So this optimizes for one use case, disregarding any other. Dear Bug Submitter, This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 15 days. Please provide the requested information as soon as possible and set the bug status as REPORTED. Due to regular bug tracker maintenance, if the bug is still in NEEDSINFO status with no change in 30 days the bug will be closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME due to lack of needed information. For more information about our bug triaging procedures please read the wiki located here: https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Bug_triaging If you have already provided the requested information, please mark the bug as REPORTED so that the KDE team knows that the bug is ready to be confirmed. Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone! Stefan, could you please state which information is needed to resolve this ticket? First, this is more a feature request than a bug First, this is more a feature request than a bug report - it works as designed, and has been designed as is for the reasons I stated in #c9. This would have been enough reason to directly close it. As I wanted to know if the reporter or anyone else wants to work on a solution which improves the design for all cases, I set it to NEEDSINFO. Due to lack of any reaction closing now. |
When the information panel is set to be relatively narrow, which I assume is a common configuration, the information is not efficiently displayed when there are comments, due to the dual column nature. I've attached a screenshot showing this. The information would be better displayed under one column, with the headings "Tags", "Ratings", etc. appearing e.g. centered and bolded. E.g. instead of Comment: Lewis's amendment to the simple conditional analysis we would have <b>Comment</b> Lewis's amendment to the simple conditional analysis Perhaps this is better marked as a wish rather than bug. Reproducible: Always