Bug 445855

Summary: Make Kickoff menu re-sizable
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: m11.1l1.f64
Component: Application Launcher (Kickoff) widgetAssignee: David Edmundson <kde>
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL    
Severity: wishlist CC: mikel5764, nate, plasma-bugs-null
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 5.23.3   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Manjaro   
OS: Linux   
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Description m11.1l1.f64 2021-11-21 09:14:39 UTC
SUMMARY


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open Kickoff menu
2. Move your pointer to the corner of Kickoff menu

OBSERVED RESULT
Kickoff menu doesn't have the ability to resize, though it looks either small or big depending on preference.

EXPECTED RESULT
The user should be able to re-size Kickoff for good.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Manjaro Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.23.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.88.0
Qt Version: 5.12.2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Graphics Platform: X11
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2021-11-24 04:08:00 UTC
Why? What's the problem you're facing with the current size?
Comment 2 m11.1l1.f64 2021-11-24 09:13:56 UTC
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)
> Why? What's the problem you're facing with the current size?

I really have issues with the current size. The padding between icons are too low, kickoff size is too small, texts are compact, etc. Let me show the difference between the new kickoff and the previous version of it on my desktop.

Check out the new attachments and compare them. It's really a crucial part of desktop for me!
Comment 3 m11.1l1.f64 2021-11-24 09:14:17 UTC
Created attachment 143894 [details]
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Comment 4 m11.1l1.f64 2021-11-24 09:14:41 UTC
Created attachment 143895 [details]
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Comment 5 Nate Graham 2021-11-24 15:56:11 UTC
Thanks. I asked because making the window resizable would not make the overall layout's margins larger. In general it's a good idea to describe the complain or the problem rather than proposing a solution. People don't know what problem you're having, so they have no way to gauge whether the solution would actually fix the problem or not. And in this case, it wouldn't. :)

The current design is the intended appearance. We deliberately wanted to make its margins more compact, to match the compact margins used everywhere else. Changing this to go back would re-introduce the visual inconsistency that we wanted to avoid, and that other pepole complained about.
Comment 6 m11.1l1.f64 2021-11-24 16:20:27 UTC
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #5)
> Thanks. I asked because making the window resizable would not make the
> overall layout's margins larger. In general it's a good idea to describe the
> complain or the problem rather than proposing a solution. People don't know
> what problem you're having, so they have no way to gauge whether the
> solution would actually fix the problem or not. And in this case, it
> wouldn't. :)
> 
> The current design is the intended appearance. We deliberately wanted to
> make its margins more compact, to match the compact margins used everywhere
> else. Changing this to go back would re-introduce the visual inconsistency
> that we wanted to avoid, and that other pepole complained about.

You're completely right. I was a bit unclear

So you're saying I'll never be able to change its size? I know it may seem inconsistent but the option to change its size and margins together can improve the user experience, right?
Comment 7 Nate Graham 2021-11-24 18:00:53 UTC
That's correct, sorry. :)
Comment 8 m11.1l1.f64 2021-11-24 19:25:45 UTC
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #7)
> That's correct, sorry. :)

So it will take into implementation?