Bug 444746

Summary:	Ability to display activity manager on the right side or follow a vertical panel
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Know Zero <knowzero>
Component:	Activity Switcher sidebar	Assignee:	Ivan Čukić <ivan.cukic>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	nate, niccolo, plasma-bugs-null
Priority:	LO
Version First Reported In:	5.23.2
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Know Zero 2021-11-01 01:48:25 UTC

SUMMARY

Currently, when the activity manager widget is opened, it only opens on the left side. And only way to have it opened on the right side it seems is switching from left to right, to right to left.

It would be nice to have a settings to choose which side you wish it to open (right or left) regardless of your language as I have the panel on the right, but the activity manager opens on the left. And only current way to is to rewrite the files on boot. It would help if this was actually a configurable option or setting that doesn't get overridden every update.

Thanks

Comment 1 Niccolò Venerandi 2025-09-23 11:47:13 UTC

In my opinion, this would be over-customizability. We can change position of the sidebars when we have some context, e.g. we currently open the widget explorer on the right side of the screen when customizing right-aligned vertical panels. However, the activity sidebar currently has no setting page, and either:
- we would have to create one for just this setting, or
- we would have to add this option on the activity page, which currently does not influence the behavior of the switcher sidebar.
I personally don't think that the benefit of a right-aligned activity panel justifies either option, and IMO it would be over-customization. However, I do remain open to opinions if I underestimated the need for this feature.