Bug 400548

Summary:	Add option to remove panel in right click context menu
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Björn Feber <bfeber>
Component:	Panel	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	normal	CC:	kde, kde
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.14.2
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Björn Feber 2018-11-01 12:43:18 UTC

SUMMARY
When you right click on a panel and go to "Panel Options" there is an option to add a new panel, but no option to remove it.
Instead, to remove a panel you have to click on the hamburger menu on the panel, then go to "More Settings..." and there is a "Remove Panel" option.
The option to remove and add a panel should be in the same menu, so it's more consistent and not confusing.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Right click on a panel
2. Go to "Panel Options"

OBSERVED RESULT
There is only a "Add Panel" option, but not a "Remove Panel" option

EXPECTED RESULT
There should be a "Remove Panel" option

SOFTWARE VERSIONS
KDE Plasma Version: 5.14.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.51.0
Qt Version: 5.11.2

Comment 1 David Edmundson 2018-11-01 14:43:38 UTC

You can also get to configure panel from that context menu

Comment 2 Björn Feber 2018-11-01 15:28:26 UTC

(In reply to David Edmundson from comment #1)
> You can also get to configure panel from that context menu

Still no option to remove a panel in the right click context menu.
Read my summary again.

Comment 3 Björn Feber 2018-12-02 10:24:57 UTC

When you for example accidentally add a panel you don't want you need 4 clicks to remove it again.
The remove option being in the same menu as the add option makes much more sense.

Comment 4 Kai Uwe Broulik 2018-12-03 09:59:20 UTC

This was done on purpose to not have people accidentally remove their panels. The same reason why "Remove widget" doesn't show up unless the panel controller is expanded.

Comment 5 Björn Feber 2018-12-03 14:54:36 UTC

(In reply to Kai Uwe Broulik from comment #4)
> This was done on purpose to not have people accidentally remove their
> panels. The same reason why "Remove widget" doesn't show up unless the panel
> controller is expanded.

Oh, ok.
But could you move the remove option into the toolbar (out of more options) to make it easily discoverable?
You can always click undo when you remove a panel.

Comment 6 Björn Feber 2018-12-03 14:57:07 UTC

*move

Comment 7 Björn Feber 2018-12-03 14:58:40 UTC

(In reply to gamerbrownie2 from comment #6)
> *move

Oh, never mind.