Bug 437850 - The "configure application launcher" icon can be mistakenly seen as a shortcut for System Settings
Summary: The "configure application launcher" icon can be mistakenly seen as a shortcu...
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Application Launcher (Kickoff) widget (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: master
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: David Edmundson
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Reported: 2021-05-30 07:59 UTC by Lua
Modified: 2021-06-08 22:21 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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2021-05-30 07:59 UTC, Lua 		Details
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Description Lua 2021-05-30 07:59:18 UTC 
Created attachment 138874 [details]
Too similar

Maybe this option could be only when right clicking on the Kickoff button.
Comment 1 Lua 2021-05-30 10:28:30 UTC 
Another solution would be transforming this icon into a System Settings shortcut.
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2021-06-08 22:21:11 UTC 
This is the icon we use everywhere, universally, to mean "Configure this thing". The System Settings icon also has sliders in it to denote that it is also a configuration tool. But they don't look alike at all besides this common use of iconography. We work very hard to visually reinforce the point that monochrome icons never launch apps; only colorful icons do. So if the button opened System Settings, it would show the actual icon of System Settings. I don't think there is a bug here.