Bug 458725

Summary:	Traditional Task Manager: Always try to show at least some text even when space is very limited
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	brenbarn
Component:	Task Manager and Icons-Only Task Manager widgets	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	nate, pauljurczak
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	usability
Version First Reported In:	master
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Kubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:	6.1
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	Non-icon-only taskbar shows icons only

Description brenbarn 2022-09-05 04:23:39 UTC

KDE provides an icon-only task manager and a "normal" task manager which shows the window title on each taskbar entry.  But when a large number of windows open, KDE switches to showing only the icon on the taskbar.  It does this even though there is clearly room to still show text on the taskbar buttons.  For instance, on my system, with 10 tasks on the taskbar, it shows about 6 characters of each window title (plus a "..." indicating truncation), and the icon for each taskbar button is aligned to the left.  But then if I open one more window, all the entries switch to a different layout with the icon in the middle and no text at all.

I would like an option to make KDE not do this at all.  I *always* want to see as much of the window title as will fit on the taskbar button, even if it's only one character.  I should be able to have at least twice as many items on the taskbar as I currently have, while still seeing a bit of text on each.

I choose to use the regular task manager because I don't want an icon-only task manager.  I don't want the taskbar to switch to showing only icons under any circumstances.

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2022-09-09 03:30:20 UTC

Can you take a screenshot that shows the whole panel when it's moved into its icons-only layout? Thanks!

Comment 2 brenbarn 2022-09-09 06:43:05 UTC

Created attachment 151943 [details]
Non-icon-only taskbar shows icons only

Here's a screenshot of the behavior.

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2022-09-09 13:15:32 UTC

Thanks!

Comment 4 Paul Worrall 2022-10-28 12:15:17 UTC

*** Bug 461093 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5 Nate Graham 2024-06-07 15:30:42 UTC

This is now done for Plasma 6.1. It will now always show text when there's room for a single character without wrecking the visuals of the layout by making the icon off-center.