Bug 492438

Summary: Inconsistent look of separators in system settings in widescreen view
Product: [Applications] systemsettings Reporter: jian <sj13183239007>
Component: sidebarviewAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: CONFIRMED ---    
Severity: minor CC: carl, nate, newton, notmart
Priority: LO    
Version First Reported In: 6.1.4   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:
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Attachments: The two separators have been circled.

Description jian 2024-08-31 03:53:05 UTC
Created attachment 173156 [details]
The two separators have been circled.

SUMMARY
The separators in two column view of system settings (for example when maximized) are not consistent. The new look and old look show up at the same time.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Launch the system settings.
2. Choose an option with sidebar view, like "Keyboard" or "WiFi & Internet".
3. Maximize the window to make two-column sidebar view show up.

OBSERVED RESULT
The separators below the title bar have two kinds of look. The left one is the old look. The right one is the new look ( thin line that does not touch the horizontal line below).

EXPECTED RESULT
Both separators should have new look.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Fedora 40 KDE spin
KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.5.0
Qt Version: 6.7.2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
It should be understandable with screenshot provided.
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2024-09-04 03:14:34 UTC
Can confirm.
Comment 2 Tobias Zwick 2025-04-29 16:52:26 UTC
Oh, I understand now, why it is like this:

The "|"-like divider is used to separate the navigation section to the left from the setting content section to the right.

However, some settings have sub-screens and thus show the navigation for the sub-screens, such as the keyboard setting (> Keyboard, > Virtual Keyboard, > Shortcuts).

If there is enough horizontal space for the window, both the main navigation and the navigation for the subscreens is shown side-by-side. Now, the divider used between the main navigation and the sub-screen navigation is this thick vertical line from top to bottom.

So, it's not that inconsistent, it only seems that way.

If anything is improved here, I'd suggest to either
- indeed make the separators look similar,
- or make the separator between the navigation section and the settings content rather more strong than the separator between main and sub-section navigation
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2025-05-02 16:06:34 UTC
We should probably make both look similar, to the extend this is practical and possible.