Bug 445908

Summary:	Feature Request: have a seperate font category for 'Plasma', that allows you to set the font of Plasma widgets and panels
Product:	[Applications] systemsettings	Reporter:	strangequark <random1123581321>
Component:	kcm_fonts	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.23.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Neon
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description strangequark 2021-11-22 07:36:31 UTC

SUMMARY
Currently, there is a 'General' font that configures everything. I think more granularity would be better, so that the font for Plasma widgets and panels can be set slightly smaller than everything else. I think there is a usecase for needing small fonts for, say, monitoring widgets pinned to the screen or for the Task Manager with app labels.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
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OBSERVED RESULT
There is no way to configure fonts in widgets/panels without configuring the General font which messes with the fonts of everything.

EXPECTED RESULT
There should be a 'Plasma font' category which configures the fonts of only Plasma panels and widgets

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: KDE neon 5.23
KDE Plasma Version: 5.23.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.88.0
Qt Version: 5.15.3
Graphics Platform: X11

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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Comment 1 Nate Graham 2021-11-23 17:36:16 UTC

This seems like extreme over-configuration; I don't think we can consider it, sorry.

If you find that the font size is too large for widgets in a panel, that's something that could be fixed in the widgets themselves. Their font size could scale down when there's not much room, for example.