Bug 422532

Summary:	Please add option to the digital clock applet to force single-line text
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Frank Steinmetzger <dev-kde>
Component:	Digital Clock	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	claudius.ellsel, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version:	5.18.5
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Frank Steinmetzger 2020-06-06 12:18:25 UTC

SUMMARY

Dead devs,

I would like to display both date and time in my panel. I have loads of free horizontal space for it. But for the digital clock to only use one line of text, I need to make the panel so thin that its other content becomes too small for my taste (icons, items in the notification area), especially now that I have a touch-enabled device.

Having the panel set to my preferred height of 32 px, the clock switches to two lines of text, which makes the text too small again. Using a bigger font makes the clock quicker to read when sitting right in front of the screen, but also easier to read from farther away.

Thank you for your consideration.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Arch Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.18.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.70.0
Qt Version: 5.14.2

Comment 1 Claudius Ellsel 2020-06-10 21:32:18 UTC

Another, maybe better option might be the ability to set/force the text size of the clock, correct?

Comment 2 Nate Graham 2020-06-11 03:42:56 UTC

Seems perfectly reasonable to me. I've heard others asking for this as well.

Comment 3 Frank Steinmetzger 2021-02-18 10:33:44 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 393957 ***