Bug 469102 - Difficult for eye to match the highlighted button with its related setting
Summary: Difficult for eye to match the highlighted button with its related setting
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: systemsettings
Classification: Applications
Component: kcm_regionandlang (show other bugs)
Version: 5.27.4
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR minor
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2023-04-28 12:24 UTC by medin
Modified: 2023-05-15 20:13 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Version Fixed In: 6.0
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Difficult for eye to match the highlighted button with its related setting (157.95 KB, image/png)
2023-04-28 12:24 UTC, medin
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Description medin 2023-04-28 12:24:10 UTC
Created attachment 158513 [details]
Difficult for eye to match the highlighted button with its related setting

The regional settings are small and listed as compacted at left side with small vertical gaps, so when you position your mouse over any edit button at right side especially in the middle, it becomes too much difficult to point which setting is matched to that button. See attached image for more info.
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2023-04-28 19:09:10 UTC
I think this is a casualty of removing the separator lines between list items. We did it globally, and in general I think this was a good move, but maybe in this specific case it might make sense to bring them back.

The Virtual Desktops KCM has the same issue.
Comment 2 medin 2023-04-28 19:24:29 UTC
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)

> The Virtual Desktops KCM has the same issue.

The virtual desktop highlights the whole line which makes it easier to match the selected right side with its left side.

The problem is also severe in Klipper's list of items, because those vertical gaps are not enough to separate the content of each saved item from others, and you need to hover the mouse pointer on each item to be able to isolate its content which is impossible to do using only eyes with those small gaps.
Comment 3 Bug Janitor Service 2023-05-15 17:17:16 UTC
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/merge_requests/2930
Comment 4 Nate Graham 2023-05-15 20:13:41 UTC
Git commit ad4ddd0456d25420a1b8573fa6884104ee8ae157 by Nate Graham.
Committed on 15/05/2023 at 20:12.
Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'.

kcms/region_language: use alternating background for list items

These list items have content on both sides, separated by a potentially
very large area of whitespace. This can make it hard to distinguish
at-a-glance which items on the right side line up with which items on
the left side.

The typical way to improve usability for such a thing is to use
alternating background colors to separate list items in a way that
isn't super visually heavy. Let's do it here.
FIXED-IN: 6.0

M  +2    -0    kcms/region_language/ui/main.qml

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/commit/ad4ddd0456d25420a1b8573fa6884104ee8ae157