Bug 477945

Summary: [Desktop grid] Window close buttons are too small to meaningfully interact with most of the time
Product: [Plasma] kwin Reporter: Жора Змейкин <katze_942>
Component: effects-overviewAssignee: KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status: ASSIGNED ---    
Severity: minor CC: fanzhuyifan, felixernst, ltlnx, nate, niccolo.venerandi, postix
Priority: NOR Keywords: accessibility
Version First Reported In: 5.90.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Neon   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: The arrow shows the location of the cross

Description Жора Змейкин 2023-12-02 21:02:54 UTC
Created attachment 163789 [details]
The arrow shows the location of the cross

If you open a list of all desktops in a single line, you can see how small the crosses are when you hover over the windows. Because of this, it is very difficult to close a window in this mode. I have shown it in more detail on the screenshot. There is no such problem with grid desktops.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Create at least 4 desktops.
2. Open any program.
3. Open a list of all desktops.
4. Hover over any window and notice how small the cross to close the window is.

OBSERVED RESULT
A little cross that's hard to hit

EXPECTED RESULT
A big cross that's easy enough to hit.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: KDE Neon (Unstable), Wayland
KDE Plasma Version: 5.90.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.246.0
Qt Version: 6.6.0
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2023-12-05 20:47:58 UTC
I wonder if the close buttons appearing here is even a bug. They're totally too small to manipulate with most desktop arrangements. We should make them bigger or remove them.
Comment 2 Жора Змейкин 2023-12-05 20:54:38 UTC
I don't think they should be removed because Desktop Grid is the most convenient way to manage desktops in a grid. 

If you don't know what I mean, remember the last conversation (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=477942). The Overview effect cannot replace Desktop Grid in managing desktops in a grid.

So I think we just need to increase the crosses.
Comment 3 Felix Ernst 2023-12-06 11:34:10 UTC
+1 for making them bigger. The only downside I see is that users might press them by accident while trying to quickly switch between windows, but this shouldn't really be any more of a problem than it currently is in "normal desktop" mode, so it should be fine IMO.
Comment 4 Bug Janitor Service 2023-12-10 16:32:19 UTC
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/4778
Comment 5 Nate Graham 2024-09-25 20:47:50 UTC
*** Bug 493614 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 Bug Janitor Service 2024-09-26 08:15:33 UTC
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/6507