Bug 392291

Summary:	Ability to hide icons (temporarily)
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Chris Holland <zrenfire>
Component:	Desktop icons & Folder View widget	Assignee:	Eike Hein <hein>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	CC:	kde, kde, plasma-bugs-null
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	triaged
Version First Reported In:	master
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Chris Holland 2018-03-25 07:41:59 UTC

Use case: I'd like to be able to hide my desktop icons temporarily without losing their positions.

A much easier method would be to not make it a context menu option. It could be toggleable from the config window.

If we make it a context menu option, it's a lot of work + testing since it touches C++.

Just want to check to see if you'd be willing to accept a patch, or if I should just do a local modification.

* https://github.com/KDE/plasma-desktop/blob/master/containments/desktop/plugins/folder/viewpropertiesmenu.h
* https://github.com/KDE/plasma-desktop/blob/master/containments/desktop/plugins/folder/foldermodel.h
* plasmoid.configuration.hideIcons

Easy enough to copy `bool locked` for a `hidden` context menu action.

Either bind in foldermodel.cpp to appletInterface or bind to the config in QML.

Comment 1 David Edmundson 2018-03-25 16:22:44 UTC

>Use case: I'd like to be able to hide my desktop icons temporarily without losing their positions.

That's not a use case, that's just re-stating what you want without giving a reason why.

Comment 2 Eike Hein 2018-03-26 05:53:05 UTC

What's the use case?

Comment 3 Chris Holland 2018-03-26 14:23:37 UTC

Hiding 20-30 icons for screen sharing (presentation or video capture). To look more professional. I've got a bunch of icons in the top right that I'd need to reorganise if I switch layout.

Windows has "hide icons" in the context menu. Other Desktop Environments probably do as well.

I can personally edit the QML easily, so it's just a minor annoyance of maintaining the modification on my end.

Tbh, I should probably be using a separate Activity/User for screensharing, so I understand if this is closed.

Comment 4 Eike Hein 2018-03-27 06:10:57 UTC

OK, I understand your use case now.

But if you do a presentation, can't you put a fresh containment on the projector? In 5.12 monitors don't all show the same icons by default.

Comment 5 Eike Hein 2018-03-27 06:22:00 UTC

@Kai: Sorry, CC'd you to the wrong bug

Comment 6 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-09-28 03:20:42 UTC

Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 15 days. Please provide the requested information as soon as possible and set the bug status as REPORTED. Due to regular bug tracker maintenance, if the bug is still in NEEDSINFO status with no change in 30 days, the bug will be closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME due to lack of needed information.

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Comment 7 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-10-29 02:19:24 UTC

Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME due to lack of needed information.

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