| Summary: | System setting "Energy Saving" window is too large for a standard laptop screen | ||
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| Product: | [Frameworks and Libraries] frameworks-kcmutils | Reporter: | Oded Arbel <oded> |
| Component: | general | Assignee: | kdelibs bugs <kdelibs-bugs> |
| Status: | RESOLVED DUPLICATE | ||
| Severity: | normal | CC: | andrewlee.name, bugseforuns, daniele.lussana, hernan.david.hd, housegregory299, jazzvoid, joelishness, kde, kde, kishore96, nadhimpro, nicholasjestrada, ogldelphi, olivier, sebas, tneo, wbauer1, zoltor |
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version: | 5.29.0 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | Neon | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed In: | ||
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attachment showing the problem
Energy Saving too big for 768 Displays too big for 768 |
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Description
Oded Arbel
2016-07-31 12:46:05 UTC
Created attachment 100398 [details]
attachment showing the problem
*** Bug 365281 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** Btw, this seems to be a general problem with kcmshell5, regardless of the module. (of course modules with fewer options are unlikely to be larger than the screen...) I don't remember whether power management settings was fit to window height (in case if we are talking about low screen resolution, for me it is 1366x768), but as far as I remember, there was a scrollbar on the right side of the window, so I was able to scroll the frame with settings controls by using this scrollbar or using touch pad with multi-touch option. But I don't see this scrollbar at the moment and area with controls is not scrollable at all. OpenSUSE Tumbleweed x64, Plasma 5.8.4 (In reply to Pavel from comment #4) > but as far as I remember, there was a scrollbar on the right side > of the window, so I was able to scroll the frame with settings controls by > using this scrollbar or using touch pad with multi-touch option. But I don't > see this scrollbar at the moment and area with controls is not scrollable at > all. I don't remember if this is true (as I personally never use this these settings, or run kcmshell5 manually), but it doesn't matter anyway. For now, just open the settings in systemsettings5 ("Configure Desktop" in openSUSE), and they will have the scrollbar if the display is too small. Or use the previously mentioned workaround: Press and hold the 'Alt' key and click on the window (and hold the mouse button), this way you can move it wherever you want and be able to reach the buttons or other options. (In reply to Wolfgang Bauer from comment #5) > (In reply to Pavel from comment #4) > > but as far as I remember, there was a scrollbar on the right side > > of the window, so I was able to scroll the frame with settings controls by > > using this scrollbar or using touch pad with multi-touch option. But I don't > > see this scrollbar at the moment and area with controls is not scrollable at > > all. > > I don't remember if this is true (as I personally never use this these > settings, or run kcmshell5 manually), but it doesn't matter anyway. > > For now, just open the settings in systemsettings5 ("Configure Desktop" in > openSUSE), and they will have the scrollbar if the display is too small. Main settings window has scrollbar, but Power Manager settings window - hasn't > Or use the previously mentioned workaround: Press and hold the 'Alt' key and > click on the window (and hold the mouse button), this way you can move it > wherever you want and be able to reach the buttons or other options. Yes, I know about it and I'm using it. This feature one of the best in Linux DEs :) Sometimes I need it in Windows, but unfortunately, it hasn't such feature. Thank you for the reply. (In reply to Pavel from comment #6) > (In reply to Wolfgang Bauer from comment #5) > > For now, just open the settings in systemsettings5 ("Configure Desktop" in > > openSUSE), and they will have the scrollbar if the display is too small. > Main settings window has scrollbar, but Power Manager settings window - > hasn't Yes, that's what this bug report is about. IMHO kcmshell5 creates a window with a minimum size as big as the settings module it shows (which means scrollbars are not necessary), regardless of the screen size. But you can open the Power Management settings in systemsettings5 too as a workaround. The window should fit the screen then, the window can be made smaller and there will be a scrollbar if necessary. In other words, the exact same settings are available in systemsettings5, and systemsettings5 does not have those problems. Doesn't mean that this bug shouldn't be fixed though, of course. It's a problem in kcmshell though, as the scrollbars don't belong into the individual modules. kcmshell should, just like systemsettings, add these scrollbars and limit the window size to what fits on the screen minus panel struts. *** Bug 378285 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** Yes same here with 1366x768 1366x768 here too. Will likely become even more common with people re-purposing Chromebooks, and thinner/smaller/lighter/cheaper laptops. Also noticed while checking resolution that "Displays" has the same issue. Alt-window drag is a good work-around, thank you, but hidden/discover-able features should not be necessary to overcome UX/UI problem. Discover-ability of this is not limited to new users, I've been using Linux for a long time, and was not aware of it until investigating this bug report. Created attachment 105372 [details]
Energy Saving too big for 768
Created attachment 105373 [details]
Displays too big for 768
I'm affected by this usability problem too. Fix it please. *** Bug 380282 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** *** Bug 378498 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** *** Bug 382717 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** *** Bug 360358 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** Duplicate of bug #354227 ? *** Bug 384819 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 354227 *** *** Bug 360260 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** |