SUMMARY *** Need minimum size for this app to be able half of what it is now. *** STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Start plasma-systemmonitor 2. Try to resize it as small as possible 3. You can't resize it smaller than 700x550 OBSERVED RESULT Minimum size too big. EXPECTED RESULT Smaller final window. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: macOS: Linux/KDE Plasma: OpenSUSE 15.4 (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.90.0 Qt Version: 15.4 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION If text has to be dropped or scaled so it's difficult to read if window is made smaller than currently minimum, that's fine. Main usefulness of the tool is looking at the history graph. Why was ksysguard killed off? Now this migration is mandatory.
Summary should read, "Need minimum size for this app to be about half of what it is now." Feature request for this bug tracking system - make comments editable.
It's hard coded here https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-systemmonitor/-/blob/master/src/main.qml#L22 On my system the minmum size of KSysguard is 201x321 which is rather small but maybe we can still decrease the one of plasma-systemmonitor
Boo, the numbers are hardcoded rather than being a multiple of GridUnit. I'll fix that real fast. Then we can discuss reducing the minimum window size. I;m a bit skeptical though, since at a significantly smaller size, a lot of content doesn't fit well.
Git commit 92376a43bd686efb200001aa71277e5d16794a59 by Nate Graham. Committed on 04/01/2023 at 18:00. Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'. Convert hardcoded minimum sizes to multiples of GridUnit This way they at least scale with the font size, as expected. M +1 -1 src/faces/applicationstable/contents/ui/FullRepresentation.qml M +2 -2 src/main.qml https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-systemmonitor/commit/92376a43bd686efb200001aa71277e5d16794a59
> since at a significantly smaller size, a lot of content doesn't fit well. A default size doesn't have to match the minimum size
Git commit f72d37dfb9bb22f42465cdcd3ab3934593a66fc8 by Nate Graham. Committed on 04/01/2023 at 18:06. Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'. Slightly reduce minimum window size New minimum window width is 612x486 when using the standard font and font size. This is still enough to make the default layouts work tolerably well, but a bit smaller for people who prefer a smaller minimum window size. FIXED-IN: 5.27 M +2 -2 src/main.qml https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-systemmonitor/commit/f72d37dfb9bb22f42465cdcd3ab3934593a66fc8
Right, that's fine and it already is different. I don't think it makes sense for a window's minimum size to be so small that the content looks broken.
It doesn't have to "look broken" at a small size. You could, for example just omit any text when the window is below a certain size and only show the graphs. (I'm specifically talking about the CPU, network, disk activity history pane here.) Think of it like adaptive websites that know whether they're on a desktop or phone, and display differently. For tabs that have no meaningful rendering with a small window, just display "Resize window larger to see content" or something. Also, you may want to poll users of ksysguard who have had to move to plasma-systemmonitor, to see how they used it. I had it minimally sized and set to one side of the screen, so I could monitor it while doing other work. The bigger its footprint, the more cumbersome it is to use without shuffling windows. BTW, can I override the minimum size locally, with user-specific config? It might consider doing that if possible.