Created attachment 144564 [details] Discover settings display Discover's settings display of which software repository group is the default is difficult to parse easily. This is because the display is almost identical for both the default sources and for the non-default sources. *** It is difficult to determine which repository section is marked default vs. which is not the default. At present, both the current default registry group and the non-default registry groups have nearly identical visual references: i.e. a star followed by the words "Make Default". The only visual reference I note is the star being black for a section that is not currently default, and a gray star for the section that is the default. There's no indication that those items are, in fact, also buttons which will change the setting. Additionally, depending on one's display settings, the difference between black and gray is easily confused, and the fact that the default section still says "Make Default" is further confusing. Only moving the mouse around various areas provides a hint as to function. If one happens to notice it, a blue box then appears around the "[star] Make Default" for the section that is not currently the default. The intent appears to be to show that what appears to be a label, is also a button which can be clicked in order to make that section the new default. The display would perhaps be more easily parsed by providing a more readily seen visual reference showing which section is the current default. One way would be to vary the color, rather than the shade of the currently used color. Older folks (like me) and those with less visual acuity often have problems with shades of gray. Another method would be to change both color AND wording, so the selected default section changes color and ALSO clearly states "Default" (or perhaps "Current Setting" or similar). *** STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Open Discover 2. Click Settings 3. Examine displayed list of repositories OBSERVED RESULT Little distinction between similar items which at first appear to be labels, rather than buttons EXPECTED RESULT Clear distinction indicating both the current setting, and that these are, in fact, buttons that can be used to change the setting. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: N/A macOS: N/A Linux/KDE Plasma: Fedora 34/Plasma 5.22.5 KDE Plasma Version: 5.22.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.85.0 Qt Version: 5.15.2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Kernel - 5.15.6-100.fc34.x86_64 Graphics Processor - Radeon RX550
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/discover/-/merge_requests/220
Git commit 5ad26c9c66cd2b8913e2ee8bfaa93f9fa76d65c0 by Nate Graham. Committed on 18/12/2021 at 02:56. Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'. Make default backend more obvious and reduce visual clutter Right now the default backend on the Settings page is not as obvious as it could be. This commit makes it more obvious by: - Using bold text for the default backend's header, as we commonly do elsewhere - Changing the text "(Default)" to "Default source" - Moving the text over to the right where it replaces the "Make Default" action, which now hides for the backend that is already default Overall this should make the default backend clearer and reduce visual clutter. FIXED-IN: 5.24 M +61 -41 discover/qml/SourcesPage.qml https://invent.kde.org/plasma/discover/commit/5ad26c9c66cd2b8913e2ee8bfaa93f9fa76d65c0