Bug 465599

Summary: Would like a way to adjust the time in the main view without having to scroll over digits
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: tusooa <tusooa>
Component: Timer widgetAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: CONFIRMED ---    
Severity: wishlist CC: nate, qydwhotmail
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 6.2.4   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
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Description tusooa 2023-02-11 22:33:54 UTC 
SUMMARY
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Currently, the only way to set custom timer durations is through mouse wheels. This makes it impossible to interact with a mouse. For example, I have a touchpad, but scrolling on the touchpad changes the values drastically.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Try to set a timer duration with touchpad.
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OBSERVED RESULT
It is very hard to control.

EXPECTED RESULT
We should have alternative ways to adjust the time duration.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
Linux/KDE Plasma: 6.1.6 / 5.26.5
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.26.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.102.0
Qt Version: 5.15.8

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2023-02-12 20:22:39 UTC 
Fixed in Plasma 5.27 already.
Comment 2 tusooa 2023-02-17 14:44:21 UTC 
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)
> Fixed in Plasma 5.27 already.

I'm not sure what you mean by "fixed" -- in 5.27.0 the timer can still only be adjusted by scrolling.
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2023-02-17 19:20:16 UTC 
I was reacting to "We should have alternative ways to adjust the time duration." There are alternative means to adjust the duration in the context menu and settings window, but you're right that there's no way to adjust the time in the popup or main view.
Comment 4 tusooa 2023-02-17 20:45:35 UTC 
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #3)
> I was reacting to "We should have alternative ways to adjust the time
> duration." There are alternative means to adjust the duration in the context
> menu and settings window, but you're right that there's no way to adjust the
> time in the popup or main view.

That way (preset timers) already exist, I think before 5.26 -- but it is not flexible enough because there is only a finite number of presets you can add
Comment 5 Bug Janitor Service 2024-09-10 11:55:02 UTC 
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kdeplasma-addons/-/merge_requests/624
Comment 6 TraceyC 2025-03-17 20:35:38 UTC 
Migrating reports from kdeplasma-addon to plasmashell