Bug 464715

Summary:	Non-Icons-Only Task Manager: Option to keep pinned launchers visible after the start of the application
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Guido <guido.iodice>
Component:	Task Manager and Icons-Only Task Manager widgets	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	dc.hart, guido.iodice, nate, postix
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.26.5
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:	6.0
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Description Guido 2023-01-23 21:23:55 UTC

SUMMARY
Add an option to keep in place pinned lauchers after the start of the application

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
In task manager add a setting like "Keep pinned launchers in place" (or something like that)  

EXPECTED RESULT
When you launch an app from the "pinned launcher" the launcher should remain visible, the app opens at the right extreme of the task manager.

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2023-01-24 20:41:36 UTC

Food for thought: if this is what you want, don't pin any apps to the Task Manager in the first place: just add your launchers as panel launcher icons. You can do this via the "Add to Panel (Widget)" context menu item when right-clicking on apps in Kickoff or Kicker.

Would that work for you?

Comment 2 Guido 2023-01-25 08:54:06 UTC

(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)
> Food for thought: if this is what you want, don't pin any apps to the Task
> Manager in the first place: just add your launchers as panel launcher icons.
> You can do this via the "Add to Panel (Widget)" context menu item when
> right-clicking on apps in Kickoff or Kicker.
> 
> Would that work for you?

Yes, this is the workaround that I use, but it's not the same. In facts, pinned apps have a rich right-click menu, while icon-launchers haven't. For example, if I keep Dolphin pinned I can open Image folder directly. Or, with LO writer pinned, I can open a recent file directly from the righ-click menu. It's very useful and convenient.

(side note: right click menu would be a lot more visual pleasant and uniform with plasmashell if it was QML  instead of Qt widgets)

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2023-01-25 15:01:46 UTC

Fair enough!

Comment 4 Nate Graham 2023-03-13 20:02:48 UTC

*** Bug 467161 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5 David Hart 2023-03-13 20:33:08 UTC

I don't know why anyone would want the current behavior. It seems pointless. From time-to-time most people want multiple instances of an application. Can anyone tell me the benefit of removing the launchers from the panel when their application is launched?

Hot keys are a workaround, but sometimes a click is more convenient, I would argue that the DEFAULT behavior would be to keep the launchers in place.

Comment 6 Nate Graham 2023-03-13 20:37:29 UTC

Possible because the behavior proposed in this feature request results in a UI that almost entirely duplicates simply adding app launcher icons to the left of the Task Manager widget. I suspect most people who want this UI end up simply doing that.

Comment 7 Guido 2024-03-28 15:24:17 UTC

Su Plasma 6 mi pare che il comportamento sia quello desiderato.

Comment 8 Guido 2024-03-28 15:25:04 UTC

(In reply to Guido from comment #7)

Sorry i wrote in Italian...

On Plasma 6 it seems to me that the behavior is as desired.