Bug 476636

Summary:	Remove "Welcome" popup message after opening a document
Product:	[Applications] okular	Reporter:	Frank Steinmetzger <dev+kde>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Okular developers <okular-devel>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	23.08.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Frank Steinmetzger 2023-11-06 19:21:01 UTC

SUMMARY
When I open a document with Okular, I see a popup in the top left with the text “Welcome”. No other document viewer I know does this. We all aim to be polite as people and a society, but I find this—frankly—rather useless, even distracting.

Also: when I open a document from the welcome screen, this message does not show “Welcome”, but instead “Loaded a xyz-paged document.” But only then: when I open another document from the File menu, it says “Welcome” again.


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.9
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.111.0
Qt Version: 5.15.11
Kernel Version: 6.5.9-arch2-1 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2023-11-09 21:13:06 UTC

Obviously this is currently intentional, but I agree that it's not necessary, especially in light of the dedicated welcome screen that Okular now has when not opened with a document. In this case, that's welcoming you. And if you do open Okular with a document, you don't need a welcome.