Bug 484283 - Task Manager threshold to switch to icons-only too large in Plasma 6
Summary: Task Manager threshold to switch to icons-only too large in Plasma 6
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 483070
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Task Manager and Icons-Only Task Manager (show other bugs)
Version: 6.0.2
Platform: openSUSE Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2024-03-22 21:42 UTC by John Veness
Modified: 2024-04-10 20:33 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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KDE 5 behaviour (1.47 MB, video/webm)
2024-03-22 21:42 UTC, John Veness
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KDE 6 behaviour (2.68 MB, video/webm)
2024-03-22 21:43 UTC, John Veness
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Description John Veness 2024-03-22 21:42:31 UTC
Created attachment 167628 [details]
KDE 5 behaviour

SUMMARY
When using Task Manager (not Icons-Only Task Manager) and opening many windows (with no grouping), the point where it switches from showing the icon and the window name to just showing the icon is too soon in Plasma 6, compared to Plasma 5.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
In both Plasma 5 and Plasma 6:
1. Choose Task Manager from the Alternatives popup
2. Open multiple windows
3. Count how many you can open before the window name disappears from the task manager buttons

OBSERVED RESULT
The number of windows you can open in Plasma 6 before it drops the window name from the task manager buttons is less than in Plasma 5. (The actual numbers will depend on screen resolution etc.)

EXPECTED RESULT
The number of windows you can open in Plasma 6 before it drops the window name from the task manager buttons is the same as in Plasma 5.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20240321
KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.0.0
Qt Version: 6.6.2
Kernel Version: 6.8.1-1-default (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-7200U CPU @ 2.50GHz
Memory: 15.5 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® HD Graphics 620
Manufacturer: HP
Product Name: HP ProBook 450 G4

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
See the attached screencasts, taken from VirtualBox running the openSUSE Leap 15.5 Live KDE iso (for Plasma 5) and the openSUSE Tumbleweed KDE iso (for Plasma 6). I have shown the configuration of task manager, to try and make the screencasts comparable.
Comment 1 John Veness 2024-03-22 21:43:04 UTC
Created attachment 167629 [details]
KDE 6 behaviour
Comment 2 ezh 2024-03-23 22:59:30 UTC
Indeed, setting the width for vertical task bar to 100px makes the name appear, setting it lower shows only icon.
Comment 3 John Veness 2024-03-23 23:04:12 UTC
(In reply to ezh from comment #2)
> Indeed, setting the width for vertical task bar to 100px makes the name
> appear, setting it lower shows only icon.

A vertical task bar is a good way to illustrate the change, and changing the width of that is probably easier as a reproduction method than my "open multiple windows until you see the problem" method.

Do you know what was the minimum vertical task bar width that would still show the window titles in Plasma 5?
Comment 4 ezh 2024-03-24 19:49:56 UTC
As I wrote above: starting 100px width windows names are starting to showing up.
Comment 5 John Veness 2024-03-24 19:51:44 UTC
(In reply to ezh from comment #4)
> As I wrote above: starting 100px width windows names are starting to showing
> up.

Yes, but I meant, what was the equivalent number in Plasma 5?
Comment 6 ezh 2024-03-24 20:32:25 UTC
KDE 5: 
74px - no naming
76 - naming appears
Comment 7 Nate Graham 2024-04-10 20:33:40 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 483070 ***