Bug 424067

Summary:	Favorite apps can overlap power buttons when there is a huge number of favorites
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Podagric <kde.podagric>
Component:	Application Menu (Kicker) widget	Assignee:	Eike Hein <hein>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	bugseforuns, madness742, med.medin.2014, nate, plasma-bugs-null, qydwhotmail
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.19.3
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:	https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/commit/b8fc07ab8074647e2541b7e5dac1dcbe6c7a9e46	Version Fixed/Implemented In:	6.6.0
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Podagric 2020-07-10 13:23:27 UTC

SUMMARY
Having a large number of programs in the list of favorites makes the menu organize it in a strange way.


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Add several programs to the list of favorites. Enough to fill the whole screen to the top (for my monitor, it took 19)
2. Now the icons are over the shutdown and reset buttons [1]. 


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Although the icons are on the buttons, it is still possible to use them without problem.
Another detail of this bug is that when there is no more space on the screen, icons seem to be added beyond the edge of the screen/menu [2].

[1][2] https://i.imgur.com/x1joBuO.png


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.19.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.71.0
Qt Version: 5.15.0
Kernel Version: 5.7.7-arch1-1
OS Type: 64-bit

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2020-07-12 14:40:48 UTC

Yeah, this happens when there are a huge number of favorites.

Comment 2 Nate Graham 2022-01-13 04:17:21 UTC

*** Bug 447924 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2022-10-09 23:50:15 UTC

*** Bug 460005 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 Bug Janitor Service 2025-06-08 18:49:56 UTC

A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/merge_requests/3051

Comment 5 cwo 2026-01-06 14:56:46 UTC

Git commit b8fc07ab8074647e2541b7e5dac1dcbe6c7a9e46 by Christoph Wolk.
Committed on 06/01/2026 at 14:15.
Pushed by cwo into branch 'master'.

applets/kicker: make favorite applications scrollable

Kicker allows you to set many favorite applications, but it does not
handle them well - at some point they will just overflow the screen and
be completely inaccessible; much worse yet, the actual menu content may
be pushed off-screen by excessive favorites.

Instead, we make them behave more like runner columns: they keep their
ability to grow the base representation but this is now capped at 80%
of the screen height. If the list does not fit, the list becomes
scrollable. The view scrolls automatically as items are selected with
the keyboard.

M  +82   -49   applets/kicker/MenuRepresentation.qml
M  +2    -0    applets/kicker/SideBarSection.qml

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/commit/b8fc07ab8074647e2541b7e5dac1dcbe6c7a9e46

Comment 6 cwo 2026-01-18 14:04:13 UTC

*** Bug 514790 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***