Bug 418252

Summary:	Restore the previous appearance of the task manager buttons
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	popov895 <popov895>
Component:	Task Manager and Icons-Only Task Manager	Assignee:	Eike Hein <hein>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	nate, plasma-bugs, popov895
Priority:	NOR
Version:	5.18.1
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Attachments:	Current appearance of the taskbar Proposed appearance of the taskbar

Description popov895 2020-02-27 12:56:20 UTC

SUMMARY

After the release of KDE Frameworks 5.66, the appearance of the taskbar buttons was changed and now they don't look in the same style. For example, the hover button in all three states (minimized/normal/active) looks the same. Also, the background color for the minimized and pinned buttons is almost indistinguishable.

Therefore, I'd like to propose to unify the appearance of the task manager buttons. The proposed appearance can be seen in the attachment. As for me, it looks more informative and elegant. It would also be very cool to be able to customize the appearance of the taskbar (some tweak tool, config file, etc.).

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Linux/KDE Plasma: KDE Neon 5.18
KDE Plasma Version: 5.18.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.67.0
Qt Version: 5.14.1

Comment 1 popov895 2020-02-27 12:57:11 UTC

Created attachment 126455 [details]
Current appearance of the taskbar

Comment 2 popov895 2020-02-27 12:57:28 UTC

Created attachment 126456 [details]
Proposed appearance of the taskbar

Comment 3 popov895 2020-02-27 13:00:33 UTC

Buttons in the attachment (from left to right): pinned, hovered pinned, minimized, hovered minimized, normal, hovered normal, active, hovered active

Comment 4 Nate Graham 2020-02-27 16:03:58 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 418100 ***

Comment 5 popov895 2020-02-27 16:48:35 UTC

I didn't mean "restore the appearance", but meant "unify the appearance". I guess that you haven't even read the description of this bug report.

Comment 6 Nate Graham 2020-02-27 16:50:18 UTC

I did, and I looked at the screenshots too, but "unify" isn't an accurate term to use for describing your proposed changes. You're asking for the styles be made more distinctive, not the same (which is what it would mean to unify them).