| Summary: | Odd numbering and listing of desktops. | ||
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| Product: | [Plasma] kwin | Reporter: | Joel Koreth <joelsymon> |
| Component: | core | Assignee: | KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null> |
| Status: | RESOLVED DUPLICATE | ||
| Severity: | normal | CC: | kde.org, kishore96, xaver.hugl |
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version First Reported In: | 5.23.3 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | openSUSE | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed/Implemented In: | ||
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Description
Joel Koreth
2017-02-20 19:11:28 UTC
There is an option to change the names assigned to virtual desktops. I'm assuming this behaviour is there so that if the desktop name is changed, it can display '$desktop_number $desktop_name' (In reply to kishore96 from comment #1) > There is an option to change the names assigned to virtual desktops. I'm > assuming this behaviour is there so that if the desktop name is changed, it > can display '$desktop_number $desktop_name' I know this is a weird question to ask but are you a mallu? (In reply to Joel Koreth from comment #2) > (In reply to kishore96 from comment #1) > > There is an option to change the names assigned to virtual desktops. I'm > > assuming this behaviour is there so that if the desktop name is changed, it > > can display '$desktop_number $desktop_name' > > I know this is a weird question to ask but are you a mallu? No. Tamil. A better behaviour might be to add a colon or a dash between the desktop number and the desktop name, like All Desktops 1: Desktop 1 2: Desktop 2 3: Desktop 3 4: Desktop 4 5: Desktop 5 6: Desktop 6 I don't think colons or a hyphen would improve it in the general case. It could be still looking weird especially in right to left languages. Personally I would say the numbers in the beginning need to go. But they are also used as accelerators. On Monday, February 20, 2017 8:55:18 PM CST you wrote:
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=376731
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> Martin Gräßlin <mgraesslin@kde.org> changed:
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> What |Removed |Added
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> Component|general |core
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> --- Comment #5 from Martin Gräßlin <mgraesslin@kde.org> ---
> I don't think colons or a hyphen would improve it in the general case. It
> could be still looking weird especially in right to left languages.
>
> Personally I would say the numbers in the beginning need to go. But they are
> also used as accelerators.
What does used as accelerators mean?
I also believe it is best if the numbers are completely removed due to the
redundancy from the default settings. A user will be confused about the point
of the naming convention if by default it's move to "1: Desktop 1"
> What does used as accelerators mean?
Alt+2 when the menu is open should move it to desktop 2.
I can think of two ways forward. 1. Allow users to leave virtual desktops unnamed, keep this as the default, and then display 'Desktop $desktop_number: $desktop_name' in the menu. The colon/ whatever separator is used would then need to be omitted in the empty name case. 2. Display 'Desktop $desktop_number: $desktop_name' if the desktop name has been changed from the default, or else display 'Desktop $desktop_number'. This would probably have the least effect on other components. Sorry to bother but has there been any conclusion for this? I know it's a small paper cut but for a user it's an odd to thing to see out of the box for a default naming convention. This issue report is quite old. Can you please confirm, that it still persists with KDE 5.23? Still reproducible with Operating System: Arch Linux KDE Plasma Version: 5.23.3 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.87.0 Qt Version: 5.15.2 Kernel Version: 5.15.2-arch1-1 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: X11 *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 481576 *** |