Bug 461271

Summary: Timer displays a very large button on vertical panels.
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: tusooa <tusooa>
Component: Timer widgetAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: CONFIRMED ---    
Severity: minor CC: nate, qydwhotmail
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 6.2.4   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Gentoo Packages   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: From top to bottom: Timer icon button, Timer remaining time in sec, (kimpanel (just to show the boundary))

Description tusooa 2022-11-01 03:50:58 UTC
Created attachment 153370 [details]
From top to bottom: Timer icon button, Timer remaining time in sec, (kimpanel (just to show the boundary))

SUMMARY
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On a vertical panel the timer displays a very large button and lost the ability to change time by units larger than seconds without clicking.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Put a timer on a vertical panel.

OBSERVED RESULT
See the screenshot.

EXPECTED RESULT
The timer remaining time should be displayed as HH:MM:SS, and takes the (vertical) place of only one line of text (Same as the digital clock!). Scrolling on the digits should change the corresponding digits I am hovering. 

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
Linux/KDE Plasma: 5.18.2-gentoo-x86_64 / 5.26.2
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.26.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.99.0
Qt Version: 5.15.5

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kdeplasma-addons/-/commit/ba011368af76abc1abbacab1ccce8075e45a6ae1 seems to not only be unable to fix the problem that it takes too much vertical space, but has also *degraded the usability* of the timer.
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2022-11-03 17:44:51 UTC
Hmm, maybe we could switch to a horizontal layout here, when there's enough space.
Comment 2 Bug Janitor Service 2024-09-11 20:39:57 UTC
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kdeplasma-addons/-/merge_requests/626
Comment 3 TraceyC 2025-03-17 20:35:39 UTC
Migrating reports from kdeplasma-addon to plasmashell