Bug 506701

Summary:	Most system notifications live on the "Application Settings" page, not the "System Notifications" page
Product:	[Applications] systemsettings	Reporter:	Nate Graham <nate>
Component:	kcm_notify	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	minor	CC:	isma.af, kde, kde
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	usability
Version First Reported In:	6.4.80
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Nate Graham 2025-07-07 02:46:27 UTC

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Navigate to System Settings > Notifications > System Notifications


OBSERVED RESULT
It only includes notifications sent by plasmashell.


EXPECTED RESULT
It includes all non-app-provided notifications.


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The sidebar in "System Settings > Notifications > Applications" contains a section named "System Services" which does not make sense to have on a page announced as being all about apps.

I see two options here:
1. Group all the system notifications on the "System Notifications" page
2. Return to having a single page as we did in the past, and genericize the name

Comment 1 David Edmundson 2025-07-07 09:05:42 UTC

>I see two options here:

Lets understand why it was split first. 

The original commit (f9b7e9bbbf9928baecc761510ff5bcc420c25ca9)

>    It's an implementation detail that generic notification sounds for
>    message boxes are in a "Plasma Workspace" category.
  
i.e any KDE app can be emitting the notification "fatal error" / "information" /  "question" etc. Arguably beep.

The problematic part of that commit is that it moved all of Plasma, and some of these *are* plasma specific.
Moving the generic part back brings back the original problem.