Bug 458109 - Add a "back" button to switch from 3-pane view (with app details) to 2-pane view
Summary: Add a "back" button to switch from 3-pane view (with app details) to 2-pane view
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Discover
Classification: Applications
Component: discover (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 5.25.5
Platform: unspecified Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
URL:
Keywords: usability
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2022-08-20 16:51 UTC by Alex Kh
Modified: 2025-10-07 16:27 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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One of the options how this could be done (152.89 KB, image/png)
2022-08-20 16:51 UTC, Alex Kh
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Description Alex Kh 2022-08-20 16:51:24 UTC
Created attachment 151455 [details]
One of the options how this could be done

When you in the "two panes" view mode and click on some of the application items on the right hand side pane, it opens a 3rd pane on a right hand side  with details about that application. 

But there's no UI option to close that pane and return back to "two panes" view - only a keyboard one (to press ESC). This is a big miss for mouse-only / touch-only / whatever disabled users who cannot use keyboard all the time.
Comment 1 Matej Starc 2022-09-10 12:33:50 UTC
I think this is a plasma-discover bug because that program needs to implement this.
Comment 2 Matej Starc 2022-09-10 12:37:28 UTC
(In reply to Matej Starc from comment #1)
> I think this is a plasma-discover bug because that program needs to
> implement this.

I can also reproduce this.
Comment 3 john.liptrot 2025-10-07 16:27:58 UTC
Closing. Discover now only shows two panes when you click on an apps info page, and a back button is now present.

Had a poke around settings to see if this was configurable, i.e. can you switch from 2 pane view to 3 pane view - Couldn't find anything.

Tested using Discover 6.5.80

Operating System: KDE Linux 2025-09-20
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.80
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.19.0
Qt Version: 6.9.2
Kernel Version: 6.16.7-arch1-1 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 2 × Intel® Pentium® 3805U @ 1.90GHz
Memory: 4 GiB of RAM (3.7 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: Intel® HD Graphics
Manufacturer: LENOVO
Product Name: 80EW
System Version: Lenovo B50-80