Bug 429277

Summary:	missing drop-down lists of multiple instances of programs
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	David Chmelik <dchmelik>
Component:	Panel	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.20.2
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Slackware
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description David Chmelik 2020-11-18 02:41:02 UTC

SUMMARY

The panel, when more than full, used to have drop-down lists of instances of any program.  It seems these have been removed, and replaced (on a normal non-icon-only task manager) with having to continue to select a program icon/name several times to step through all the programs, which is extremely inconvenient, and basically unusable in the case you might have tens of instances (yes, I do that sometimes.)

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open programs to fill panel.
2. Open more of one program.
3. Look for the normal drop-down list of instances: no longer there.

OBSERVED RESULT

Forces you to step through (with mouse button) each instance without a list:  extremely mouse-heavy.

EXPECTED RESULT

Just allow the normal drop-down list.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Slackware 14-current/5.20.2
KDE Plasma Version: 5.20.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.75.0
Qt Version: 5.15.1

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 David Chmelik 2020-11-18 02:42:43 UTC

Also when I said 'allow,' I do not mean 'replace,' which one of my suggestions for KDE4 was misinterpreted as, to the dislike of several/many people (and later myself.)  It's okay to have more options.

Comment 2 Christoph Feck 2020-11-18 03:19:59 UTC

You can configure the behaviour when clicking a grouped task in the Task Manager settings.