Created attachment 141593 [details] New throbber on Kate icon This is about the throbber which appears on top or next to an icon when you clicked it, and the action it performs needs some time to complete. For example, clicking an application launcher in the plasma panel, or connecting to a network in the Networks widget. The previous throbber was a circle line that faded rotationally. The new throbber is an 8-teeth gear outline, which looks like the KDE logo. But it is hard to see. It barely changes its appearance while rotating, because it repeats 8 times rotationally, and the teeth are too small. It is also slightly smaller than the previous one, so it does not rotate around most icons, but within them. Because most application icons are blue too, it is even harder to see. SOFTWARE VERSIONS KDE neon 5.22 KDE Plasma Version: 5.22.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.86.0 Qt Version: 5.15.3
Created attachment 141594 [details] Old throbber on Kate icon
Yes, we're not super satisfied with it and are considering replacements.
Git commit 6f8eae0ca24e1ca7e816906042cb8b6b14886698 by Nate Graham. Committed on 17/09/2021 at 13:43. Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'. Revert "Change busywidget to a gear" This reverts commit aafe6523cc0fe809d03fb6b98c624ac3c0f49973. This change has not been well-received by users, and exposes a conceptual issue with how app launch animations are currently handled in Plasma, with the loading spinner simply re-used as an overlay on top of the app icon. This constrains possible designs for the spinner because the backgrounds it will be displayed on top of differ gratly in these usages; what looks good in one context may not look good in the other. We will have to find another way. FIXED-IN: 5.87 M +35 -45 src/desktoptheme/breeze/widgets/busywidget.svg https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/plasma-framework/commit/6f8eae0ca24e1ca7e816906042cb8b6b14886698
Could the circle line of the existing spinner be modified, so it resembles a sector of the KDE gear? The mean radius and the conical fade would stay.