Bug 469161

Summary: Show resize handle only when a key is pressed
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: medin <med.medin.2014>
Component: generalAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL    
Severity: wishlist CC: kde, nate
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 5.27.4   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
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Attachments: Show resize handle only when a key is pressed

Description medin 2023-04-29 21:46:51 UTC
Created attachment 158546 [details]
Show resize handle only when a key is pressed

In kickoff, when I point my mouse pointer on scrollbar the resize handle appears and distracts the scroll operation, the same happens with many widgets at the edges, it would be perfect if the resize handle appears only after the user click on key combination to resize the wanted element, because resizing launcher or widgets is not continuously wanted but it's done from time to time and sometimes only once, so there is no need for it to stay always enabled and distracting the user experience. See attached image for more info.
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2023-05-02 16:23:48 UTC
This isn't done for normal windows and I think it would be quite odd and inconsistent to do it for Plasma popups. No can do, sorry.
Comment 2 medin 2023-05-02 18:40:58 UTC
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)
> This isn't done for normal windows and I think it would be quite odd and
> inconsistent to do it for Plasma popups. No can do, sorry.

If I correctly remember, the resize operation was effectively triggered via a shortcut for launcher and panel widgets in an old Plasma version.
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2023-05-05 09:22:38 UTC
Yes, that now works too. But it's a hidden accelerator for experts.