Bug 355316 - Allow the user to specify how many icon columns are given to the "Favourites" list
Summary: Allow the user to specify how many icon columns are given to the "Favourites"...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Application Dashboard widget (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.2.4
Platform: Arch Linux Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Eike Hein
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Reported: 2015-11-13 22:59 UTC by Xavion
Modified: 2025-10-17 20:16 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Version Fixed In: 6.6.0
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Description Xavion 2015-11-13 22:59:30 UTC
My "Favourites" list is filling up quickly, while the "Recent Applications" list is nearly empty.  As such, I'd prefer that the Application Dashboard gives more screen real-estate to the former (in my case).

It'd be good to have a settings option that lets the user specify how many icon columns are given to the "Favourites" list.  Some will want (the current) three, while others (like myself) would prefer four or five.

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Eike Hein 2015-11-14 09:23:36 UTC
I thought about making this configurable with a draggable splitter handle in a future version.
Comment 2 Xavion 2015-11-14 19:43:10 UTC
Yep, that could be a more intuitive way to do it.  I guess it all depends on how obvious the splitter is to the user.  You wouldn't want them not to notice its existence.
Comment 3 Eike Hein 2015-11-14 19:53:52 UTC
Mouse cursor change + some sort of delayed hover effect should do the trick.
Comment 4 Bug Janitor Service 2025-10-03 13:49:50 UTC
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/merge_requests/3237
Comment 5 Niccolò Venerandi 2025-10-15 08:21:12 UTC
Git commit 87f72342e1b019588bda36e4ec12026878dbf60a by Niccolò Venerandi.
Committed on 15/10/2025 at 08:19.
Pushed by niccolove into branch 'master'.

Allow the user to resize the amount of columns in the Favorites section

After this commit, the user is able to drag and drop the area between the
Favorites and Recent Apps in the Dashboard to resize the amount of
columns to assign to each section.

M  +33   -1    applets/kicker/DashboardRepresentation.qml
M  +4    -0    applets/kicker/main.xml

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/commit/87f72342e1b019588bda36e4ec12026878dbf60a