Bug 514561

Summary: Create a vertical clock widget only available for vertical panels
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: Fernando Marcelino Muniz <fernandommuniz>
Component: Digital Clock widgetAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: wishlist CC: kdedev, nate
Priority: NOR Keywords: accessibility
Version First Reported In: 6.5.4   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: CachyOS   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Fernando Marcelino Muniz 2026-01-13 23:59:58 UTC 
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
Look at the clock in a vertical Panel.

OBSERVED RESULT
The horizontal format makes it hard to read the time and date.

EXPECTED RESULT

04
—
20
—
00

13
—
01
—
2026

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: CachyOS Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.22.0
Qt Version: 6.10.1
Kernel Version: 6.18.5-2-cachyos (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 8 × 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-11300H @ 3.10GHz
Memory: 9 GB of RAM (8.1 GB usable)
Graphics Processor 1: Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
Graphics Processor 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
Manufacturer: LENOVO
Product Name: 82MG
System Version: IdeaPad Gaming 3 15IHU6

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Bug 494736
Comment 1 TraceyC 2026-01-15 00:23:02 UTC 
This is similar to styles available on mobile phones, and would be more readable on a vertical panel.
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2026-01-16 17:50:06 UTC 
This is basically a potential solution for the problem already articulated in Bug 440096. It's unclear if it's the correct one, though. Marking as a duplicate of that.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 440096 ***