Bug 437946

Summary: Option to append newly opened apps (not pinned) on the left
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: kde.herringbones
Component: Task Manager and Icons-Only Task Manager widgetsAssignee: Eike Hein <hein>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: wishlist CC: kde, nate, plasma-bugs-null
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: master   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Manjaro   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In: 5.27
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: RTL

Description kde.herringbones 2021-06-01 09:32:02 UTC
Created attachment 138914 [details]
RTL

When opening apps that are not pinned in the task manager, they are usually added from left to right, I propose to have an option to add them from right to left (green arrow in the attachment), maybe it could be useful for RTL layouts (or just those who keep the task manager right aligned).
Comment 1 David Edmundson 2021-06-01 11:07:08 UTC
Using RTL it does open on the right.
Comment 2 David Edmundson 2021-06-01 11:07:59 UTC
* Edit, I mean:

It does open in the right place, on the left
Comment 3 kde.herringbones 2021-06-01 14:48:16 UTC
(In reply to David Edmundson from comment #2)
> * Edit, I mean:
> 
> It does open in the right place, on the left

Since I don't use RTL mode I can't object, but I think my point is still valid when it comes to having the task manager on the right side of the screen. I'm not aware of a way to reverse the task manager only (something like "plasmashell --reverse" reverses everything).
Comment 4 Nate Graham 2021-06-08 21:32:47 UTC
We have had a few requests to allow the task manager to itself have a sort of "orientation" property. If we had that, then it would be reasonable for a right-aligned Task Manager to open new Tasks to the left.
Comment 5 Nate Graham 2023-01-24 19:56:17 UTC
Aaaaand now we have it. :)