Bug 390575 - Widget Explorer can open potentially far away from a panel you want to drag widgets into; consider making it a free-floating window
Summary: Widget Explorer can open potentially far away from a panel you want to drag w...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 365071
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Widget Explorer (show other bugs)
Version: master
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2018-02-16 18:37 UTC by Nate Graham
Modified: 2019-11-04 21:09 UTC (History)
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Description Nate Graham 2018-02-16 18:37:58 UTC 
This is a bit jarring. You expect it to open close to the UI that invoked it, but instead, it always opens on the left, even if the Toolbox button is on the right. This will become more noticeable once a placement bug (Bug 390038) is fixed with https://phabricator.kde.org/D10563
Comment 1 David Edmundson 2018-02-16 19:11:44 UTC 
I'm not very convinced. If I launch dolphin from kickoff, I don't expect it to be in the bottom left.

Widget Exp, can be opened from:
 - toolbox
 - context menu
 - keyboard shortcut 
 - panel toolbox

Right now it's in sync with the follow alt+tab, and meta+tab dialogs.  

We'd lose that to be in sync a button that doesn't really have anything to do with the widget explorer other than it exists.
Comment 2 David Edmundson 2018-02-16 19:22:12 UTC 
I just re-read my last sentence, it made no sense.

*We'd lose that to be in sync with a button that doesn't really have anything to do with the widget explorer other containing an entry to open it.
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2018-02-16 20:13:30 UTC 
Fair enough, and thanks for the clarification!

Given the fact that it can be opened from so many different methods, I almost wonder if making it a free-floating window might not work better. But this is such a minor idea that I don't think it makes sense to keep a Bugzilla ticket open to track it.
Comment 4 David Edmundson 2018-02-16 21:27:24 UTC 
It used to be back in 4.0-4.5

It would have a lot of advantages, you can move it out the way, it can be nearer to the panel... I'd be for it
Comment 5 Nate Graham 2018-02-16 21:28:47 UTC 
OK, re-opening, then!
Comment 6 David Edmundson 2018-02-16 21:40:42 UTC 
Needs a mockup from VDG. I don't like undoing their initial designs without getting them "signed off"  

I don't think it'd work as-is but floating.
Comment 8 Nate Graham 2018-02-16 21:50:00 UTC 
right, as-is-but-floating wouldn't work. A square-ish free-floating window would make more sense IMHO.
Comment 9 matheus4551 2019-01-23 18:38:58 UTC 
I think we should make the Widget Explorer a vertical pane again, like in late KDE 4.
Comment 10 matheus4551 2019-01-23 22:06:15 UTC 
(In reply to matheus4551 from comment #9)
> I think we should make the Widget Explorer a vertical pane again, like in
> late KDE 4.

Sorry, I mean horizontal. Brain's not working today :P
Comment 11 Nate Graham 2019-11-04 21:09:17 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 365071 ***