Bug 430332

Summary: It is not possible to resize widgets that open from panel
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: apache <sabayon11>
Component: generalAssignee: David Edmundson <kde>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal CC: kde, kde, nate, plasma-bugs
Priority: NOR    
Version: 5.20.4   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
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Description apache 2020-12-13 11:26:07 UTC
It is not possible to resize widgets that open from panel, like for example Calendar, Tiled Quicklaunch, Menu.

It used to be possible with Alt+right mouse click but it doesn’t work now.

When calendar widget is on desktop I can see handles to resize:
https://i.imgur.com/cLBxnmJ.png
but when calendar is on panel there are no such options:
https://i.imgur.com/FkVRey9.png

Another case:
https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/gu73t8/resize_windows_of_widgets_in_panel/


Operating System: Manjaro Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.20.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.76.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
Kernel Version: 5.4.80-2-MANJARO
OS Type: 64-bit
Comment 1 Arci Kokot 2020-12-31 11:31:45 UTC
Same problem here (Debian Bullseye, KDE 5.20.4), it's really annoying...

I found a partial workaround for some widgets, open the Audio Volume, Notifications or something, pin it at top-right corner, press ALT+F3, More Actions|Configure Special Window Settings and add following properties:

Ignore requested geometry – Apply Initially – Yes
Maximum Size – Force – desired maximum size

Then resizing works, but the window opens at bottom center of screen, so move window to optimal position&size, open the configuration dialog again and add:
Position – Apply Initially – x×y
Size – Apply Initially – w×h

https://kokoti.org/kde_plasma_bug_resize_widget_workaround.png

Unfortunately, it didn't solve problem with calendar (the window can be resized, but the calendar table is still same size) and the Application Menu is also affected by this settings (maybe you can find some Window Matching settings to exclude the Menu)
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2021-01-04 23:02:52 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 332512 ***
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2022-01-16 16:13:35 UTC
*** Bug 433671 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***