Bug 383696

Summary: activity pager: name of current activity hardly readable
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: Achim Bohnet <ach>
Component: Pager widgetAssignee: Eike Hein <hein>
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL    
Severity: normal CC: kde, plasma-bugs-null
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 5.10.4   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Neon   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: Activity Pager in the panel with 'KDE' an current activity

Description Achim Bohnet 2017-08-19 12:55:21 UTC
Created attachment 107365 [details]
Activity Pager in the panel with 'KDE' an current activity

On KDE Neon User Edition with Plasma 5.10.4:

Reproduce:
 * add activity pager to panel
 * configure it to show name of activity
=> name of current activity hardly readable

Expected: Name of the current activity is clearly readable.


See screenshot:  The activity name 'KDE' is hardly readable


Achim
Comment 1 Kai Uwe Broulik 2017-08-23 09:19:43 UTC
This seems intentional (for some reason):

from main.qml:192
z: 0 // Below windows and FrameSvg
Comment 2 Achim Bohnet 2017-08-25 07:18:26 UTC
Great.  I set z: 10  and everything is as I would expect.

I pondered a bit but I can not image a reason why one wants unreadable text.

If this change would introduce a regression in another usecase, then one has
to use a case by case z value.

Can one find out with git who coded the z:0?  Or a review for the plasma team?

Off topic 1:
Nevertheless a big thx!  I have a local solution that really helps to not stop using activities another time :-)

Off topic 2: 
My favorite would be: A panel widget with 'tree dots + current activity name ellipsed' + popup with activity pager (much shorter move necessary for the mouse compared to the 'activity manager') sized like the window previous of task manager.

Achim
Comment 3 Eike Hein 2017-08-26 08:43:20 UTC
The names are supposed to be at the bottom so they don't obscure the windows.