Bug 414717 - Unclear how to remove an app from Favorites when using multiple activities
Summary: Unclear how to remove an app from Favorites when using multiple activities
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Application Launcher (Kickoff) (show other bugs)
Version: 5.17.3
Platform: Arch Linux Linux
: NOR minor
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: David Edmundson
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Keywords: usability
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Reported: 2019-12-01 11:18 UTC by Alexander Potashev
Modified: 2022-09-08 15:04 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Alexander Potashev 2019-12-01 11:18:33 UTC 
SUMMARY
Unclear how to remove an app from Favorites.

Starting with around Plasma 5.16.x, there is no menu item "Remove from Favorites" in context menu of the Favorites tab anymore. This makes removing an application from favorites not straightforward.

Now, in order to remove an app from Favorites, you have to open the submenu "Show in Favorites" and uncheck "in all activities". In my opinion this approach is complicated, non-intuitive and hard to discover.

Please add a shortcut item "Remove from Favorites" into the root of the context menu.

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KDE Plasma Version: 5.17.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.64.0
Qt Version: 5.14.0

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Comment 1 Nate Graham 2019-12-02 20:48:05 UTC 
> Starting with around Plasma 5.16.x, there is no menu item "Remove from
> Favorites" in context menu of the Favorites tab anymore.
Works for me with a single activity. What you describe is only present when using more than one activity. But yes, the UI here is pretty confusing.
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2022-09-08 15:04:55 UTC 
Played with this a bit and couldn't really find a better UI, unfortunately.