Created attachment 136986 [details] This video demostrates the feature as much as possible. SUMMARY When user have a long list of apps getting to an app that is far down is difficult. A mechanism to jump between apps by selecting a letter of alphabet will be useful. The search feature is there for this task but this will improve app navigation while using mouse. Using the slider is not optimal for long list of apps also since the user has to actively look out for the beginning letter of the app. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. NA 2. NA 3. NA OBSERVED RESULT NA EXPECTED RESULT NA SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: KDE neon 5.21 KDE Plasma Version: 5.21.3 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.80.0 Qt Version: 5.15.2 Kernel Version: 5.4.0-67-generic OS Type: 64-bit ADDITIONAL INFORMATION NA
Looks interesting and fairly unobtrusive. Seems that you have already implemented this feature? Would you like to submit a merge request?
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1) > Looks interesting and fairly unobtrusive. Seems that you have already > implemented this feature? Would you like to submit a merge request? I wish I could but I can't code(technically I can but not in qml). The video is created by placing tiled menu on the kick off. Tiled menu is a plasmoid available on the kde store by Chris Holland. The feature is already implemented in the tiled menu so I think a simple copy paste may do the work. Should I open another feature request for resizing the menu by dragging the top right corner(a feature of tiled menu) ? I will do it if you think it is a good idea.
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1) > Looks interesting and fairly unobtrusive. Seems that you have already > implemented this feature? Would you like to submit a merge request? And here's the link to the tiled menu if needed: https://github.com/Zren/plasma-applet-tiledmenu
What would be better is if you contacted the author and asked him to submit those features. Submitting bug reports is probably not going to get anything done on its own, but coordinating with a developer who can do it will be much more effective. :)
Tiled Menu (and the Windows start menu) doesn't have a separate column for Categories, which is why the headings have a Jump to Letter feature. I assume you only want this for the "All Applications" view which lists all apps alphabetically? An alternative is to make the scrollbar better, like the Android scrollbar: * https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31261437/how-to-create-material-design-like-custom-scrollbar-with-numbers-and-alphabets-b/36550228 Or the full alphabet: * https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/83857/is-the-small-alphabetical-index-on-mobile-phone-lists-usable Or just the populated letters: * https://i.redd.it/crqv2rh07y131.jpg
(In reply to Chris Holland from comment #5) > Tiled Menu (and the Windows start menu) doesn't have a separate column for > Categories, which is why the headings have a Jump to Letter feature. > > I assume you only want this for the "All Applications" view which lists all > apps alphabetically? > > An alternative is to make the scrollbar better, like the Android scrollbar: > > * > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31261437/how-to-create-material-design- > like-custom-scrollbar-with-numbers-and-alphabets-b/36550228 > > Or the full alphabet: > > * > https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/83857/is-the-small-alphabetical-index- > on-mobile-phone-lists-usable > > Or just the populated letters: > > * https://i.redd.it/crqv2rh07y131.jpg Yes I want it only for all application category.Full alphabet looks messy. Android Scrollbar works well with touch interface but I don't how user will use it with mouse. Populated letters look good.
I like that letter scrollbar idea!
This has more or less been implemented for Plasma 5.26!