| Summary: | Screen locking should be referenced (linked or inserted) on main page of power management KCM | ||
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| Product: | [Applications] systemsettings | Reporter: | pqwoerituytrueiwoq |
| Component: | kcm_powerdevil | Assignee: | Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null> |
| Status: | REOPENED --- | ||
| Severity: | wishlist | CC: | antti.savo, john.kde, jpetso, kde, natalie_clarius, nate |
| Priority: | NOR | Keywords: | usability |
| Version First Reported In: | 5.23.4 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | Kubuntu | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| See Also: | https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=445742 | ||
| Latest Commit: | https://invent.kde.org/plasma/powerdevil/-/commit/09ce19dc3eab6bd38fae61447bffcf479c681785 | Version Fixed/Implemented In: | 6.4.0 |
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1 would not make sense, 3 is not easily possible, but 2 and 4 could be done. *** Bug 498534 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** Git commit 09ce19dc3eab6bd38fae61447bffcf479c681785 by Nate Graham. Committed on 02/03/2025 at 17:07. Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'. KCM: add "Screen Locking" to related pages list People seem to want to find it there. FIXED-IN: 6.4.0 M +9 -0 kcm/ui/GlobalConfig.qml https://invent.kde.org/plasma/powerdevil/-/commit/09ce19dc3eab6bd38fae61447bffcf479c681785 Created attachment 180896 [details]
Mockup
The implemented fix isn't what I was after. I made a mockup here what I want to see.
I compiled master and I'm not sure where I'm supposed to see the previous changes.
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Created attachment 144774 [details] Screenshot SUMMARY I think most people associate screen power saving with screen locking and it may not occurs to some that these are actually separate things (see screenshot of both sections) Options I can think of (not all are good): * Merge these 2 sections * each can link to the other via a looking for Screen Locking/Power management/screensaver button * insert each into the other (this seems redundant) * show both screen locking and power management when searching for either SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: Kubuntu 22.04 KDE Plasma Version: 5.23.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.89.0 Qt Version: 5.15.2 Kernel Version: 5.16.0-051600rc6-generic (64-bit) Graphics Platform: X11 Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor Memory: 15.6 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: Radeon RX 580 Series