Bug 475079

Summary: Idea: Make floating panel behaviour configurable (float to non float when windows maximized)
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: Peter Ries <peterriesde>
Component: PanelAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: wishlist CC: niccolo.venerandi, niccolo, roo79x
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 5.27.7   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:
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Attachments: example of window sticking to floating panel

Description Peter Ries 2023-10-01 07:54:02 UTC
Created attachment 161988 [details]
example of window sticking to floating panel

I like the floating panels as they give the desktop a lighter look. 

When maximizing windows or using a windows tiling script to position windows e. g.  top left the panel either "unfloats" or  the positioned window directly sticks to the panel.

With an config option

[] always float
[] float on demand (current behaviour)
[] never float

and a reserved margin on every side - not only towards screen edges - it would look more consistend IMHO
Comment 1 Niccolò Venerandi 2023-10-01 08:11:16 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 462838 ***
Comment 2 Roo 2023-10-01 11:53:33 UTC
Unfortunately asking for this is futile. Nick will not listen or change it. It has been asked for since floating panels were first talked about and Nick refuses to see that people want a true floating panel. Just use latte dock. It has that feature and does it very well.