Bug 371157

Summary:	Plasma 5.8 - Separate themes for panels
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	kentallenduke <kentallenduke>
Component:	Panel	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	kde
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.8.2
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4L7L438fmSgamd1bTVUa0lDZTQ
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description kentallenduke 2016-10-18 18:06:24 UTC

If you look at my screenshot in the provided URL, you’ll see that there are 2 plasma panels: 1 that serves as the menu/system bar and looks similar to Unity 7/macOS panel, and the other that serves as a dock to launch applications. I thought it would be interesting to be able to theme the panel as one theme, and the other as a different theme. So for example, the top panel would be using the “Helium” theme, and the bottom panel (that is a dock) uses the “Glassified” theme.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create two panels, one that serves as a dock, and another that serves as the top system panel (macOS-like)
2. Configure panel to have one theme, another a separate theme.

Actual Results:  
No option to theme panels separately, so if the top panel is themed black, the bottom dock panel is also themed black

Expected Results:  
You have a top panel that looks different than the bottom panel (serves as a dock)

Essentially I'm trying to make my KDE look like macOS. The blur in the dock looks nice in macOS, so I tried mimicking it by installing 2 themes: Glassified, and Helium. I wanted the top panel to use the Helium theme, and Glassified to use the dock theme.

Comment 1 David Edmundson 2016-10-21 00:37:12 UTC

Thanks for the report.

In general I think this is too niche for us to do, and as importantly too complex to present in a UI.
Sorry.