Bug 453898

Summary:	Text-Only sensors not displayed in Text Only mode of a System Monitor applet
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Lastique <andysem>
Component:	System Monitor widgets	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	ahiemstra, nate, notmart
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	usability
Version First Reported In:	5.24.4
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Kubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Lastique 2022-05-16 17:14:16 UTC

SUMMARY

When adding a System Monitor applet on a panel, in Text Only presentation mode, the applet displays sensors from the "Sensors" field, not "Text-Only Sensors". As a result, the applet draws unnecessary color bar at the left of the sensor legend. This is also counter-intuitive, as one would expect the Text Only applet to show Text-Only sources.

I would prefer to remove the colored bar and, optionally, the legend itself. I can leave the legend empty, but the colored bar remains.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

1. Add a System Monitor applet on a horizontal panel. For example, Network Speed applet.
2. Switch the applet to the Text Only mode.
3. Remove the sensors from the "Sensors" field and add them to "Text-Only Sensors".

OBSERVED RESULT

The applet does not display anything.

EXPECTED RESULT

The applet should display text-only data.

Alternatively, there should be an option to remove the colored bar on the left.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Operating System: Kubuntu 22.04
KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.92.0
Qt Version: 5.15.3
Kernel Version: 5.15.0-30-lowlatency (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 16 × 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-12700K
Memory: 31.1 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti/PCIe/SSE2