Bug 433853 - Appearance settings is messed
Summary: Appearance settings is messed
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 433081
Alias: None
Product: systemsettings
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 5.21.1
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2021-03-02 11:37 UTC by medin
Modified: 2021-03-02 18:30 UTC (History)
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Appearance layout (37.73 KB, image/png)
2021-03-02 11:37 UTC, medin
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Description medin 2021-03-02 11:37:04 UTC
Created attachment 136322 [details]
Appearance layout

It is good to group desktop customizations under one node, but there are some problems with the new layout :

1) When I click on "Appearance" then "Global Theme" appears, so if I choose for example "Colors" and I want to access again "Global Theme" ? what I need is to click on the root node "Appearance" ! this seems really big issue of usability.

2) "Font Management" should accessible inside Font page to avoid having two entries related to fonts under "Appearance" node.

3) Plus "Splash Screen", there is another annoying desktop customization that changes when a theme is selected which is "Task Switcher", I don't know what relation is between how desktop looks and how switching between windows should be done.

In the attached image you will find a simple layout that can avoid those usability problems.
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2021-03-02 18:30:45 UTC
1. You can click on "Global Theme" in the header to get back there. Yes, this isn't obvious. :( See Bug 433081.

2. Please don't mix issues in the same bug report; this should be requested separately. However I'll tell you in advance that it will be rejected because deep levels of nesting are undesirable. If anything, we should remove "Font Management" from System Settings because it's not really a system setting. It can be a separate app.

3. Well, sort of. It's kind of half appearance, half behavior, and it does also make sense where it currently lives. But either way, please report this in a separate bug report. :)

Marking as a duplicate of Bug 433081 since that's the main complaint, I think.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 433081 ***