Bug 422454

Summary:	Ordering of profiles in konsole applet
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	barnsls <barnsls>
Component:	Konsole widget	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	kde, kdebugs, kdedev, mjgumbau, mw4linux, nate, patrick1
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	usability
Version First Reported In:	5.18.5
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description barnsls 2020-06-04 16:18:12 UTC

SUMMARY
The profiles in the konsole profile applet appear to be unordered.  The sequence  in which the profiles are listed changes with each new KDE session and there doesn't appear to be any way to sort the list, either in a configuration setting or dynamically. If you have more than a handful of profiles the usefulness of this applet is greatly diminished.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Create a few konsole profiles
2. Click on the konsole profile applet - the profiles are listed in a random seeming order.
3. Log out of your KDE session and log back in
4. Click on the konsole profile applet - the profiles are listed in a different random seeming order.

OBSERVED RESULT
The profiles are listed in a random and changing order.

EXPECTED RESULT
The profiles should be listed in a fixed order (sequenced by profile name maybe) or the user should be able to determine the presentation sequence via a configuration setting or on-screen dynamic option.  If giving the user sequencing options is too complicated the applet should at least present the profiles in a fixed unchanging sequence so that the user can 'learn' where the profiles appear in the list.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Fedora 32
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.18.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.70.0
Qt Version: 5.13.2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This problem is similar to but not quite the same as bug 173834 which was fixed in KDE 4 in 2014.

Comment 1 rbnmndz 2021-01-12 11:52:32 UTC

I've just opened the bug #431483 which is the same as this because I didn't find it before. And I can confirm this issue is still not fixed.

Comment 2 Nate Graham 2021-01-13 01:41:43 UTC

*** Bug 431483 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 rbnmndz 2021-04-14 08:27:59 UTC

Still not solved. It is not important, but is very annoying when you have a long list of profiles.
Please...

Comment 4 Nate Graham 2021-08-20 19:40:42 UTC

*** Bug 441243 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5 Nate Graham 2021-08-20 19:40:52 UTC

*** Bug 437320 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6 ieleja 2021-10-27 06:59:00 UTC

I have about 30+ servers, which I administer with ssh (Konsole Profiles), and they are show not only unsorted, they are sort in some randomly order after each restart

Kubuntu 20.04

KDE Plasma Version: 5.18.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.68.0
Qt Version: 5.12.8

Comment 7 mw4linux 2022-05-13 07:58:18 UTC

Same here. Over 25 konsole profiles with changing ordering within konsole task bar applet.

openSUSE LEAP 15.3

KDE Frameworks 5.76.0
Qt 5.12.7 (compiled to 5.12.7)
KDE Plasma Version 5.18 LTS

Comment 8 ieleja 2022-05-13 09:10:59 UTC

for now:

Kubuntu 22.04
KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.92.0
Qt Version: 5.15.3

profiles are listed in a random and changing order

try to wrote to author Shaun Reich (shaun.reich@kdemail.net) without any results

Comment 9 ratijas 2022-06-09 08:21:05 UTC

It's really weird. The applet has a sorting functionality built into it. I guess it doesn't work properly.

Comment 10 ieleja 2024-09-26 07:26:37 UTC

Operating System: Kubuntu 24.04
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.11
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.115.0
Qt Version: 5.15.13
Kernel Version: 6.8.0-45-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11

For now entries are "sorted" as:
ls -U: do not sort; list entries in directory order

and if rename entries via some numbering as:

01_root@rpbi-red.profile
02_root@rpbi-white.profile
...
42_root@xeon_backup.profile

then in konsole applet all looks sorted, even after reboot

Comment 11 ieleja 2024-09-26 07:28:36 UTC

after renaming, copy to new folder via something like MC, then you get new directory order