Bug 482173

Summary: Window and tab contents should have fixed measurements
Product: [Frameworks and Libraries] frameworks-kio Reporter: Onur Ankut <onurmercury>
Component: Properties dialogAssignee: KIO Bugs <kio-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL    
Severity: normal CC: kdelibs-bugs-null, nate
Priority: NOR Keywords: qt6
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Arch Linux   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: w/ default measurements
w/ higher measurements
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Description Onur Ankut 2024-03-01 16:41:39 UTC 
SUMMARY
Window widths and heights are not limited and widths of the tab contents are full (or match parent maybe?). They should have fixed width and height for usability.


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
OS: Arch Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.0.0 
Qt Version: 6.6.2
Comment 1 Onur Ankut 2024-03-01 16:43:17 UTC 
Created attachment 166263 [details]
w/ default measurements

buttons are oversized
Comment 2 Onur Ankut 2024-03-01 16:43:53 UTC 
Created attachment 166264 [details]
w/ higher measurements

now it looks even worse
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2024-03-01 21:27:47 UTC 
If we did this, everyone would complain, because fixed-size windows are terribly for usability. If you *do* have large content, it's nicer to enlarge the window than it is to scroll--especially horizontally. So I don't think we'll be changing this, sorry!
Comment 4 Onur Ankut 2024-03-01 21:42:40 UTC 
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #3)
> If we did this, everyone would complain, because fixed-size windows are
> terribly for usability. If you *do* have large content, it's nicer to
> enlarge the window than it is to scroll--especially horizontally. So I don't
> think we'll be changing this, sorry!

You're actually right about the window itself but full-width tab contents make usability just worse. There are better practises in Plasma itself. You should check the attachments I will now add.
Comment 5 Onur Ankut 2024-03-01 21:42:57 UTC 
Created attachment 166276 [details]
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Comment 6 Onur Ankut 2024-03-01 21:43:12 UTC 
Created attachment 166277 [details]
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