Bug 373822

Summary:	removing an applet is hard since close handle is hidden too early
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Martin Koller <martin>
Component:	general	Assignee:	David Edmundson <kde>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	CC:	bshah, notuxius, plasma-bugs-null
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.8.3
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Martin Koller 2016-12-18 13:53:21 UTC

I have a horizontal panel at the bottom
Now I want to remove an applet.
I click on the right panel handle to show the extra area having the "Add Widget, More Setting, etc." buttons in it (don't know how that is called).
Now let's just remove the clock applet, which is to the left of the panel handle I just clicked, so I move the mouse over the clock and a "handle" slides upwards which contains the "close" button for the clock.
I now move the mouse onto this handle and BANG - it just slides away downwards before I could reach the "close" button.

Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2016-12-21 03:26:03 UTC

Workaround: right-click and select "Remove this <widget" instead of trying to get to the 'close' button.

Comment 2 Martin Koller 2016-12-21 06:59:01 UTC

Interestingly this option is not available when right-clicking on the task manager applet.

Comment 3 Christoph Feck 2016-12-21 19:13:57 UTC

Yep, only works if you right-click on the empty space. Same for systray. The button is intercepted by the applets regardless of the panel configuration mode.

Comment 4 Alexander Mentyu 2017-11-26 13:38:51 UTC

Can't reproduce in:

Distribution: KDE neon Developer Edition - Stable Branches
Plasma: 5.11.3
Frameworks: 5.41.0
Qt: 5.9.2
Kernel 4.10.0-38-generic
Type: 64-bit

Comment 5 Martin Koller 2017-12-17 10:49:23 UTC

Since I already have my own desktop shell, liquidshell, I don't care any longer.