Bug 487456

Summary: Ability to customize bottom panel
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: flan_suse <windows2linux>
Component: Application Launcher (Kickoff) widgetAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL    
Severity: wishlist CC: akselmo, mikel5764, nate, noahadvs
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: master   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Attachments: Mouse movements

Description flan_suse 2024-05-24 02:38:00 UTC 
The Legacy Launcher allowed you to choose which "tabs" you wanted on the bottom panel. (This feature would greatly enhance the practicality of the Kickoff Launcher.)

This allowed direct access to a fully breathable menu, with easy-to-click items.

Example (imagine these are "vertical" mouse movements):
Favorites ---> click a favorite item
Applications ---> browse through and click an application item
Places ---> click a bookmark / favorite place
History ---> click a recent item
And so on.

You could choose which tabs you wanted on the bottom panel.

To be able to customize the bottom panel for the new Kickoff Launcher would reduce the amount of back-and-forth zigzagging with the mouse cursor.

For example, instead of doing this:
Menu ---> Places ---> cut across to the opposite side panel ---> History ---> cut back across to the other panel ---> select an item

You could do this:
Menu ---> History ---> select an item
Comment 1 flan_suse 2024-05-24 13:16:00 UTC 
I found this from 2021:

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=442981#c1

What is its status?
Comment 2 flan_suse 2024-05-24 15:45:49 UTC 
New attachment added, demonstrating clean mouse movements with easy targets. No "zigzagging" from panel to panel required.

Screenshot taken from: https://store.kde.org/p/1468103/
Comment 3 flan_suse 2024-05-24 15:46:52 UTC 
Created attachment 169780 [details]
Mouse movements

Legacy Launcher demonstrating cleaner, simpler mouse movements, without requiring "zigzagging"  between panels
Comment 4 Nate Graham 2024-05-24 23:16:30 UTC 
Ultimately it seems like you're looking for a solution to Bug 442981. I agree that it's very annoying and needs a solution. Unfortunately this isn't it; it's not really feasible to make the bottom tabs customizable with the current infrastructure. I think we should instead put effort into Bug 442981.