Bug 450739

Summary: Virtual desktop thumbnails need a border to make them easy to distinguish
Product: [Plasma] kwin Reporter: Michael D <nortexoid>
Component: effects-overviewAssignee: KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: wishlist CC: nate
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 5.24.1   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Manjaro   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/commit/44184f47001621fce406569563a55f520c3c4a19 Version Fixed/Implemented In: 5.25
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: Overview thumbnails on left, taskamanger on right

Description Michael D 2022-02-23 08:11:09 UTC 
Created attachment 147070 [details]
Overview thumbnails on left, taskamanger on right

In the attached screenshot, you can see that that the desktop thumbnails blend into the background making them difficult to distinguish. There is a border and shadow around the Add Desktop button. For accessibility, it would be nice to add the same to the thumbnails. For comparison, I've included a screenshot of the shadows used in the task manager thumbnails which helps them to stand out from the background.
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2022-03-10 22:14:32 UTC 
Git commit 44184f47001621fce406569563a55f520c3c4a19 by Nate Graham.
Committed on 10/03/2022 at 22:14.
Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'.

effects/overview: add subtle outline around non-active desktops

Otherwise they have no border and look kind of cut off.
FIXED-IN: 5.25

M  +3    -3    src/effects/overview/qml/DesktopBar.qml

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/commit/44184f47001621fce406569563a55f520c3c4a19
Comment 2 Michael D 2022-03-10 22:25:54 UTC 
Thanks!