Bug 447895 - "breeze" is a confusing name for a window switcher
Summary: "breeze" is a confusing name for a window switcher
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Theme - Breeze (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 5.23.4
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: visual-design
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Reported: 2022-01-03 20:41 UTC by Andrew Brouwers
Modified: 2023-05-17 18:57 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Version Fixed In: 6.0
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Description Andrew Brouwers 2022-01-03 20:41:29 UTC
SUMMARY
(Sorry if this is mis-filed!).

I dislike the default alt-tab visualization.  After browsing settings, I finally found Window Management -> Task Switcher, and "Visualization."  Personally, I think "Breeze" and "Breeze Dark" are pretty poorly named, since they provide very different visualizations not tied to the color.  For example, I prefer "Breeze Dark" regardless if I'm using light or dark colors.  I really don't agree with the justification that light vs. dark even warrants a separate visualization (why not just use the same default for both?), but that's probably a different argument :-)

Any thoughts on simply renaming these to something not tied to light & dark theme?
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2022-01-12 20:02:27 UTC
I agree. IMO There should be only one and it should follow the Plasma theme's colors, and it should be called "Sidebar" or something like that.
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2023-01-13 21:43:48 UTC
Partially fixed with https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/3436. With that, there will no longer be a "Breeze Dark" task switcher.

There will still be a "Breeze" task switcher until we rename it to something like "Sidebar". See also https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/issues/53 and https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/issues/63
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2023-05-17 18:57:34 UTC
This Task Switcher has been renamed to "Sidebar" in Plasma 6 (and moved into the kdeplasma-addons repo).