Bug 490878

Summary:	Not clear what "Theme plugin name" means
Product:	[Plasma] Plasma SDK	Reporter:	PK <pieterkristensen>
Component:	General	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	antonis.tsiapaliokas, nate
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	usability
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
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Description PK 2024-07-27 06:36:49 UTC

When I give in the Konsole of my Neon User edition "/bin/lookandfeelexplorer" the program starts. 
It is very clearly in a rough state. But that is understandable.

When I choose in this version "new theme" there appear some rules that I can fill in. Such as "theme name"... I get that. But also "theme plugin name"... What would I, as mere mortal, have to put there? 
That seems a little difficult.
In my humble opinion.
Plasma 6 is great.

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2024-07-27 14:21:22 UTC

Rough state is quite an understatement! These apps need a lot of love, yeah.

This is basically the technical ID for your theme. So, like, the human-readable name but all lowercase, with spaces removed, etc.

Comment 2 PK 2024-07-27 20:47:59 UTC

(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)
> Rough state is quite an understatement! These apps need a lot of love, yeah.
> 
> This is basically the technical ID for your theme. So, like, the
> human-readable name but all lowercase, with spaces removed, etc.

Could not the system better generate the "theme plugin name" in the background and not ask such difficult and disturbing questions?

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2024-07-29 17:53:24 UTC

Ideally we'd just auto-populate it with some text derived from the pretty name, which would make its purpose clear.