Bug 461971

Summary: Please add the ability to force-quit an app through the taskbar
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: Henning <boredsquirrel>
Component: Task Manager and Icons-Only Task Manager widgetsAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG    
Severity: wishlist CC: me, niccolo.venerandi
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 5.25.5   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Fedora RPMs   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Henning 2022-11-17 23:44:09 UTC 
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I have a lot of apps crashing etc. Using the system monitor I can force quit them without needing to know the PID.

But being able to do that using the taskbar would be even better, not opt-out but opt-in, as a feature to tick in the taskbar settings.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Fedora Linux 36
KDE Plasma Version: 5.25.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.99.0
Qt Version: 5.15.6
Kernel Version: 6.0.8-200.fc36.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Comment 1 Bug Janitor Service 2022-11-18 00:33:30 UTC 
Thank you for the bug report!

Please note that Plasma 5.25.5 is not supported for much longer by KDE; supported versions are 5.24, and 5.26 or newer.

If at all possible please upgrade to a supported version and verify that the bug is still happening there.

If you're unsure how to do this, contact your distributor about it.
Comment 2 veggero 2022-11-19 18:31:08 UTC 
In theory, this is Kwin's job, not Plasma's; if an app freezes and doesn't close normally, you should see a Kwin popup that gives you the option to kill the application forcefully.
Comment 3 ratijas 2022-11-23 16:37:27 UTC 
To be fair, Plasma provides a "Close" action in the task manager right click menu. It could swap that action with a "Force quit", for example, when Ctrl+Alt is pressed and held down.

Generally the concept of alternative actions with keyboard modifiers is not really discoverable but very powerful. I think KDE/Plasma could use more of that.