Bug 363514

Summary:	Request: Old dashboard functionality or new drop down widget feature integrated in krunner (or not)
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	J.Fly <jerry.flynn>
Component:	Application Dashboard widget	Assignee:	Marco Martin <notmart>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	bshah, kde, locked.shadow, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	master
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Kubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description J.Fly 2016-05-25 15:46:16 UTC

Please restore old dashboard behavior with the widgets.  I already have an application launcher, and spend plenty of time in terminal and VMs.  What I don't have is a way to easily display widget I want to use while doing other things.  I understand you guys have no intention in returning the functionality, beats me as to why you got rid of it in the first place.  Maybe a compromise and edit krunner to show widgets or give a drop down widget view or something.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Kai Uwe Broulik 2016-05-30 13:31:49 UTC

You can access some standalone applets through krunner, like the calculator. What applet are you missing/need to frequently access?

Comment 2 J.Fly 2016-06-12 03:40:30 UTC

Mostly the calculator and dictionary. It's a lot faster to just press one key and have them both there.

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2020-01-13 03:32:08 UTC

You can always add a thick vertical panel, set it to auto-hide, and put all of your widgets in it. That works fairly well IMO.