Bug 411086

Summary:	reverse the activity/desktop switching scrolling feature
Product:	[Unmaintained] lattedock	Reporter:	asteinba <asteinba>
Component:	application	Assignee:	Michail Vourlakos <mvourlakos>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	Keywords:	usability
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Unspecified
Latest Commit:	https://commits.kde.org/latte-dock/bc94001cc8cd9249b7ee41e804c3e128419470db	Version Fixed/Implemented In:	0.9.2
Sentry Crash Report:

Description asteinba 2019-08-20 07:14:14 UTC

Hi,

I use virtual desktops pretty much in Plasma and use the Plasmoid in my latte-dock. I often find myself using just the scroll wheel on the pager Plasmoid to switch to another desktop. I recently discovered that latte-dock also offers the possibility to switch to another desktop/task/activity by scrolling on a empty area. But there is one thing that holds me back from activating this feature: I cannot inverse the scroll direction. The scroll direction is the opposite from the pager Plasmoid and for me the direction of the pager fits much better.

Can we have a small checkbox under "Actions" which says "Inverse scroll wheel direction"?

Cheers and thank you very much,
Angelo

Comment 1 Michail Vourlakos 2019-08-20 09:15:13 UTC

I think it is better to use the same with pager.

If I understood correctly in pager scrolling activates activities/desktops in opposite direction?

Comment 2 asteinba 2019-08-20 11:14:51 UTC

Exactly. When I scroll down on the pager it cycles forward through my desktops and vice versa. When I scroll down on my latte dock it cycles backwards. Scrolling down to cycle forward feels - at least for me - more natural.

Comment 3 Michail Vourlakos 2019-08-20 11:35:24 UTC

(In reply to asteinba from comment #2)
> Exactly. When I scroll down on the pager it cycles forward through my
> desktops and vice versa. When I scroll down on my latte dock it cycles
> backwards. Scrolling down to cycle forward feels - at least for me - more
> natural.

changing the user workflow is not a good thing. If the pager behaves this way then Latte should follow. As such this is a bug and will be fixed easily.

Comment 4 Michail Vourlakos 2019-08-22 08:13:33 UTC

Git commit 3fb020624312ffa397e06d1e58b1c687a8c8ca50 by Michail Vourlakos.
Committed on 22/08/2019 at 08:12.
Pushed by mvourlakos into branch 'v0.9'.

reverse scrolling for vds/activities switching

--Latte should use the same workflow paradigm for
switching vds and activities with the plasma pager
approach. This commit complies with this.
FIXED-IN:0.9.2

M  +4    -4    containment/package/contents/ui/layouts/EnvironmentActions.qml

https://commits.kde.org/latte-dock/3fb020624312ffa397e06d1e58b1c687a8c8ca50

Comment 5 Michail Vourlakos 2019-08-22 08:16:44 UTC

Git commit bc94001cc8cd9249b7ee41e804c3e128419470db by Michail Vourlakos.
Committed on 22/08/2019 at 08:16.
Pushed by mvourlakos into branch 'master'.

reverse scrolling for vds/activities switching

--Latte should use the same workflow paradigm for
switching vds and activities with the plasma pager
approach. This commit complies with this.
FIXED-IN:0.9.2

M  +4    -4    containment/package/contents/ui/layouts/EnvironmentActions.qml

https://commits.kde.org/latte-dock/bc94001cc8cd9249b7ee41e804c3e128419470db