Bug 434700

Summary:	Allow manual grouping even if "Do not group" has been chosen in the options
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Salvatore <sannythebest95>
Component:	Task Manager and Icons-Only Task Manager widgets	Assignee:	Eike Hein <hein>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	nate, plasma-bugs-null, qydwhotmail
Priority:	LO	Keywords:	usability
Version First Reported In:	master
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Salvatore 2021-03-21 05:30:56 UTC

SUMMARY

I would like there to be the possibility to group a single software, even when in the task manager options "do not group" is selected

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
Right click on panel - configure task manager for icons only - grouping: do not group
Right click on an icon of an open software - More actions - Allow grouping for this program


OBSERVED RESULT

When you choose "do not group", the ability to group even one software disappears

EXPECTED RESULT

I wish there was still the possibility to group single software, even if the option in general is disabled

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.21.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.80.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
Kernel Version: 5.11.7-arch1-1
OS Type: 64-bit
Graphics Platform: X11

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2021-03-21 13:23:29 UTC

How come? What's the use case? Can you explain what you're doing that makes you want this?

Comment 2 Salvatore 2021-03-21 14:06:51 UTC

(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)
> Come mai? Qual è il caso d'uso? Puoi spiegare cosa stai facendo per farti
> desiderare questo?

Hi
Actually nothing special
I personally use most apps with the groups setting turned off, but there are some apps I'd rather use grouped
Honestly it's not a priority for me, because I can always use the other option and disable groups for individual software, but I would love it if I could do as suggested

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2021-03-21 15:07:40 UTC

I suppose we could change the option in the UI to say "Automatically group" and then when that's turned off, we could enable manual grouping using the context menu.

Comment 4 Salvatore 2021-03-21 15:53:34 UTC

(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #3)
> I suppose we could change the option in the UI to say "Automatically group"
> and then when that's turned off, we could enable manual grouping using the
> context menu.

If it were possible it would be very useful.
Even if it wasn't, thanks anyway

Comment 5 Fushan Wen 2023-03-17 16:56:52 UTC

Given the taskmanager library is already overengineered, new feature is unlikely to be added unless someone contributes a patch.