Bug 502465

Summary: "Do not sort" and "Manually" are nonsensical to have as two options
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: Nate Graham <nate>
Component: Task Manager and Icons-Only Task Manager widgetsAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: CONFIRMED ---    
Severity: normal CC: qydwhotmail
Priority: NOR Keywords: usability
Version First Reported In: 6.3.4   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
See Also: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=423676
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Description Nate Graham 2025-04-05 21:43:37 UTC 
Task Manager widgets currently offer a number of sorting options, among them "Do not sort" and "Manually". This is nonsensical as these mean the same thing to most people, but don't do the same thing: one lets you manually drag them, another locks them in place but doesn't let you choose the arrangement at all.

I would recommend removing the "Do not sort" mode and replacing it with a feature to lock the icons' current positions — which appears to be what people are using "Do not sort" for, even though it doesn't 100% work for this purpose since the icons can still be moved if the underlying model changes.