This is KDE SC 4.10 RC1 I am missing the number of windows in a grouped taskbar button on a desktop with many windows (for example "Konqueror (7 windows)"). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.open many window in at least two applications 2. look at the taskbar Actual Results: a button telling you "<appname>" with a small arrow placed (wrongly?) over the application icon Expected Results: a button telling you "<appname> (#windows)" with a small arrow on the right Using air plasma theme
As I have read on Aaron Seigo's blog http://aseigo.blogspot.com/2012/11/mark-grouped-windows-as-such-or-not.html the change is intentional. But as some of the commenters did say, if this will be the new default at least there should be a toggle to switch the numbers on/off. Information was lost needlessly.
I too miss this. I do consider this a regression, since information/functionality was removed and there is no way of getting that back. I'm not against setting the new behavior default, but don't give me the "we know better" gnome theory to force users into some feature. KDE is about choice. Give us that choice back, please.
I don't really miss the number of windows, but when using 2-row layout of taskbar this arrow placed on the app icon makes it challenging task for eyes to distinguish a window group among all taskbar items. So, I think previous look was better and should be returned.
*** Bug 317499 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Taking existing functionality away like this is not acceptable. Why didn't anybody bother to look at the comments when this change was first considered: http://www.muktware.com/4890/window-groupings-change-coming-kde-410 The new layout with an arrow under the icon instead of number with arrow on the right also looks awkward. It's top-heavy and altogether unbalanced, leaving large gaps of white-space. Personally I am in favour of telling the simplification evangelists to go home. This is Linux, and the people who choose this OS over Win and Mac do so for a reason - they like to keep their freedom rather than being told what is best for them.
Comment #1 showed that this change is deliberate. Therefore it is not a bug. Closing as wontfix.