Bug 471328

Summary:	Add checkbox to disable sidebar
Product:	[Applications] filelight	Reporter:	Stephan Sokolow <kde_bugzilla_2>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs <unassigned-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	martin.sandsmark, sitter
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	23.04.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	All
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Stephan Sokolow 2023-06-22 11:53:10 UTC

SUMMARY

Ever since Flatpak pushed an update (I'm not sure if it's the most recent one because I reach for ncdu more often for its "guaranteed to only ever block the UI to re-scan the disk if you explicitly ask for it with the R key" behaviour), there's been a sidebar I can't turn off, which duplicates information already present in the radial graph and forces it to shrink unless I give Filelight an entire 16:9 or 16:10 monitor.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Run the latest filelight

OBSERVED RESULT

Radial graph is squashed by new sidebar and there's no way to change that.

EXPECTED RESULT

Some means of removing the sidebar so the radial graph makes proper use of available screen real-estate if maximized on one of my 1280x1024 "wing mirror" monitors or if it's tiled to half of my central 1080p monitor rather than taking up the entire thing.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Filelight 23.04.2 (Flatpak build)
KDE Frameworks 5.107.0
The xcb windowing system
Qt 5.15.10 (built against 5.15.10)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 Harald Sitter 2023-07-20 21:59:13 UTC

There are no plans to add such an option.

Comment 2 Stephan Sokolow 2023-07-21 11:29:34 UTC

Why? It worked perfectly well before and it's a usability regression for anyone who doesn't want to fullscreen it on a widescreen monitor.

If I hadn't already switched so much of my use over to ncdu for the more reliable "only re-scans the disk when explicitly asked"-ness, I'd probably write a patch to just strip it out and maintain my own build.