Bug 383261 - Tabs in Oxygen plasma5 don't look like kde4 Oxygen tabs
Summary: Tabs in Oxygen plasma5 don't look like kde4 Oxygen tabs
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Alias: None
Product: Oxygen
Classification: Plasma
Component: style (show other bugs)
Version: 5.8.7
Platform: Debian testing Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Hugo Pereira Da Costa
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Reported: 2017-08-08 03:10 UTC by nurupo
Modified: 2018-03-19 19:58 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Multi-tab Konsole in Plasma5 (41.35 KB, image/png)
2017-08-08 03:11 UTC, nurupo
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Multi-tab Konsole in KDE4 (34.83 KB, image/png)
2017-08-08 03:11 UTC, nurupo
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Description nurupo 2017-08-08 03:10:07 UTC
Hi,

Switched from KDE4 to Plasma 5. Didn't like the default flat Breeze look&feel, switched to the usual "unflat" Oxygen theme, but there appear to be some glitches with it. One of the glitches is that tabs seem to be non-Oxygen, they are too flat, as if those were Breeze tabs or something.

Attached screenshots of what tabs looked like in KDE4 Oxygen and what they are in Plasma 5.

Notice how Oxygen tabs have round corners, how there is space between each tab, and that the non-focused tabs are just a bit slightly darkened.

Now notice how Plasma 5 tabs are flat with rectangular corners, there is no separation between them besides a horizontal line, and the non-focused tabs are a lot darker.

Sorry if this is not the correct product/component for the bug, first time KDE bug reporter.

Plasma: 5.8.7
Frameworks: 5.28.0
Qt: 5.7.1
Comment 1 nurupo 2017-08-08 03:11:05 UTC
Created attachment 107142 [details]
Multi-tab Konsole in Plasma5
Comment 2 nurupo 2017-08-08 03:11:22 UTC
Created attachment 107143 [details]
Multi-tab Konsole in KDE4
Comment 3 Christoph Feck 2017-08-08 23:33:15 UTC
I think this was done on purpose to make the active tab stand out compared to the non-active.
Comment 4 Hugo Pereira Da Costa 2017-08-09 07:01:15 UTC
Renamed the title.
Indeed oxygen tabs have changed from kde4 to kf5.
In fact in kde4 both appearance are supported, with the one you show in your screenshot being the default. 
There was several complains about this design not having enough differences between active and inactive tab, which is why the alternative design was written. 
for kf5, in order make oxygen easier to maintain (since it is now in maintenance mode only), some of the alternative design were dropped. (for instance x in checkboxes). For tabs, we dropped the past default, to keep only the alternative ... 
Bringing back the old appearance will not happen because it makes the code much more cluttered, harder to maintain, easier to break.
Sorry