Bug 514718 (Fábio, Holmes)

Summary: Kickoff launcher becomes oversized when switching panel orientation
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: Fábio Holmes <fabio.zeta01>
Component: Application Menu (Kicker) widgetAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal CC: cwo.kde
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 6.5.5   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Fedora RPMs   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Fábio Holmes 2026-01-17 01:56:45 UTC 
SUMMARY

When I place the panel on the left side of the screen, the Kickoff application launcher becomes excessively large, extending almost to the bottom of the screen. When I move the panel back to a horizontal position, the launcher ends up covering almost the entire screen.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
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OBSERVED RESULT


EXPECTED RESULT


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
(available in the Info Center app, or by running `kinfo` in a terminal window)
Linux/KDE Plasma: Fedora 43
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.22.0
Qt Version: 6.10.1.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 cwo 2026-01-17 08:58:03 UTC 
Thank you for the bug report!

Fix should make it into 6.6.0 beta soon.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 512273 ***