I want to make the kickoff menu higher to see all categories without scrolling and "jumping" of the content so I patched /usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.kickoff/contents/ui/Header.qml as proposed in Bug 332512 to enable resizing. Now I can resize the menu so that all categories are shown and the menu stands still and doesn't move inside the categories view but that isn't permanent, it stays only for the current session, next session I have to resize the menu again. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. enable the pin for kickoff 2. pin kickoff, resize it with Alt+right mouse button, de-pin it 3. new height is kept (for session) 4. logout and back in 5. kickoff has old default height :( Expected Results: Menu should keep user defined size until user changes size
Since we don't support resizing, we also don't remember a custom size set by some hack, sorry. If you're playing around with QML files anyway, you could also adjust the size of the dialog there.
Wow, is that for real - KDE the DE known as the most configurable no longer supports resizing major UI elements for usability?? That can't be the projects official decision surely, that this is notabug?
I'm also annoyed by this. The point of the favorites tab is, as I see it, easy access to commonly used programs. But having to scroll takes some of that away. I don't see the "custom size set by some hack". Meta+right_mouse resizes windows, that's a core function. Another way of putting it is: Why _wouldn't_ we want to save the size?
In previous versions of KDE, the application launcher was resizeable, and the size was preserved across sessions. I'm baffled as to why this functionality was removed which, according to Comment #1, seems to have been a deliberate design decision. Was there some rationale behind this? If not, could this bug please be re-opened as an enhancement request? The ability to resize the launcher provides a great boost to usability -- launchers which are too large can shortened to reduce the reduce the screen footprint, and launchers which are too small can be lengthened to eliminate the need to scroll through favourites.
This is so annoying, I vote to re-open this issue as an enhancement too. The only fix for me to change the minimum dimensions as described at https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2321781.
KDE 5 become much worse than KDE 4. What were you developing for so much years?! For whom?! People or for MS to make Linux less popular?! Reopen this bug!
For those who want to set a minimum height, open /usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.kickoff/contents/ui/FullRepresentation.qml and update it. For me to set "Layout.minimumHeight: units.gridUnit * 42" is enough. But again - it would be really helpful if KDE would remember the size across sessions.
(In reply to Petr Nehez from comment #7) > For those who want to set a minimum height, open > /usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.kickoff/contents/ui/ > FullRepresentation.qml and update it. > For me to set "Layout.minimumHeight: units.gridUnit * 42" is enough. Has no effect to me in KDE 5.11 (17.12)
>> For me to set "Layout.minimumHeight: units.gridUnit * 42" is enough. > Has no effect to me in KDE 5.11 (17.12) I think it depends also on your screen resolution, mine is 1920x1080.
(In reply to Petr Nehez from comment #9) > I think it depends also on your screen resolution, mine is 1920x1080. Mine is same, I have 42" monitor (52 DPI).
(In reply to Aleksey Kontsevich from comment #10) > > I think it depends also on your screen resolution, mine is 1920x1080. > Mine is same, I have 42" monitor (52 DPI). Hmm, you have quite big monitor so I guess your gridUnit is lower than mine, but this is just my guess. Try to put a real value for 'minimumHeight' - at least to see if it works (e.g. 900).
(In reply to Petr Nehez from comment #11) > Try to put a real value for 'minimumHeight' - at least to see if it works > (e.g. 900). No effect at all!
(In reply to Aleksey Kontsevich from comment #12) > No effect at all! If you restarted Plasma with no effect then I am out of ideas... I am not KDE expert, just an user.
Ha, works fine for me for now: >Layout.minimumWidth: units.gridUnit * 26 >Layout.minimumHeight: units.gridUnit * 34 Strange this settings could not be adjustable or save-able.
Ha, works fine for me for now: >Layout.minimumWidth: units.gridUnit * 28 >Layout.minimumHeight: units.gridUnit * 43 Strange this settings could not be adjustable or save-able.