Bug 358827

Summary:	Switching between Alternatives on Desktop loses / breaks applet geometry
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Kai Uwe Broulik <kde>
Component:	Containment	Assignee:	Sebastian Kügler <sebas>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	CC:	kde, nate, notuxius, qydwhotmail
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	master
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Kai Uwe Broulik 2016-01-31 15:12:14 UTC

When switching between different Alternative widgets on the Desktop, the newly created applet is often positioned and/or sized differently from the original applet.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Place Kickoff on Desktop
2. Right click, choose "Alternatives"
3. Choose Kicker

Actual Results:  
You end up with a huge widget

Expected Results:  
The position of the new applet is the same as with the old one

This can also be reproduced with the various clocks.

If size contraints prevent the applet from having the same size, it should at least be centered around the previous applet's position.

Comment 1 David Rosca 2016-05-13 16:36:34 UTC

Git commit 4c6707dbed37b1e1ba845f1dc190f2c324e1e071 by David Rosca.
Committed on 13/05/2016 at 15:53.
Pushed by drosca into branch 'master'.

Alternatives: Add new applet only after the old one was removed

New applet is now added at the same position as the old one.

Differential Revision: https://phabricator.kde.org/D1134

M  +10   -7    shell/alternativeshelper.cpp

http://commits.kde.org/plasma-workspace/4c6707dbed37b1e1ba845f1dc190f2c324e1e071

Comment 2 Alexander Mentyu 2017-12-08 17:21:31 UTC

Can confirm that 'Application Laucher/Dashboard' desktop widget changes it's size after switching to 'Application Menu' alternative

Distribution: KDE neon Developer Edition - Stable Branches
Plasma: 5.11.4
Frameworks: 5.41.0
Qt: 5.9.3
Kernel 4.10.0-40-generic

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2025-10-24 18:32:08 UTC

I can't reproduce the size issue with today's git master. When I switch a desktop Kickoff to Kicker using the "Alternatives" feature, the new Kicker widget has its appropriate default size.

Can you still reproduce the issue, Kai?

I can reproduce that the Kicker widget isn't positioned centered in the old widget's geometry, but that's probably going to be something we need to specifically add.

Comment 4 Bug Janitor Service 2025-11-08 03:47:44 UTC

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Comment 5 Bug Janitor Service 2025-11-23 03:46:38 UTC

🐛🧹 This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 30 days. Closing as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.