| Summary: | Large Icons task switcher cuts off icons when many apps are open | ||
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| Product: | [Plasma] kwin | Reporter: | twisst <jdmeijers> |
| Component: | tabbox | Assignee: | KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null> |
| Status: | ASSIGNED --- | ||
| Severity: | normal | CC: | jdmeijers, nate |
| Priority: | NOR | Keywords: | usability |
| Version First Reported In: | 6.5.2 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | Other | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed/Implemented In: | ||
| Sentry Crash Report: | |||
| Attachments: | main.qml for the big icons task switcher that makes icon size dynamic. | ||
Wrapping to the next line would probably be better than scrolling here. That way everything is always in view. A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kdeplasma-addons/-/merge_requests/962 |
Created attachment 187698 [details] main.qml for the big icons task switcher that makes icon size dynamic. The Large Icons task switcher scrolls the icons when there are too many to fit the screen. This happens when there are a lot of windows open. It is hiding the icons, which is making this task switcher much less useful. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Set task switcher visualization to 'Large Icons'. 2. Open a lot of applications. 3. Alt+Tab. OBSERVED RESULT Icons that do not fit the horizontal row are out of view. EXPECTED RESULT It should be scaling the icons down to keep them all in view. (This is how a certain other OS is doing it.) SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: 6.14.0-117036-tuxedo (64-bit) KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.2 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.19.0 Qt Version: 6.9.2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION I applied a fix to the task switcher to change the behaviour on my machine. (I also took out the label with the application name and made the height of the panel dynamic as well so it wraps the scaled-down icons nicely.) I was looking where to offer it as a pull request but the original version in my distro (/usr/share/kwin/tabbox/big_icons/contents/ui/main.qml) does not match the one I found in the repository so that is why I attach the file here as an attachment so others may use it.