SUMMARY Changing the direction in which new tasks appear in the items-only task manager no longer right aligns the icons, as it did in plasma 5 STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Create a new default panel 2. Change the direction in which new tasks appear for the icons-only task manager to "to the left" 3. Apply settings changes OBSERVED RESULT New tasks to the left, but all icons remain left-aligned EXPECTED RESULT New tasks to the left, and all icons are right-aligned SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: Gentoo Linux (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.1 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.3.0 Qt Version: 6.7.1 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION I've also tested this in a fresh KDE Neon testing install from today and observed this behavior in wayland and X11. If this is an intended change then with it should come with an additional option to change the alignment of icons in the task manager.
Can reproduce.
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/merge_requests/2608
Git commit 8b78def13fcc0980c274ad12f88b11075bb6d0e6 by Nate Graham, on behalf of Michael Rivnak. Committed on 31/10/2024 at 01:48. Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'. applets/taskmanager: Fix icon alignment when is reversed Setting the icons-only task manager to open new tasks to the left should reverse the icon order and align items to the right side of the panel; previously, only the order was affected. FIXED-IN: 6.2.3 M +0 -6 applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/TaskList.qml M +14 -2 applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/main.qml https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/commit/8b78def13fcc0980c274ad12f88b11075bb6d0e6
Git commit 281cee2962b04be09e645436f512489eb292a8a9 by Nate Graham. Committed on 31/10/2024 at 02:01. Pushed by ngraham into branch 'Plasma/6.2'. applets/taskmanager: Fix icon alignment when is reversed Setting the icons-only task manager to open new tasks to the left should reverse the icon order and align items to the right side of the panel; previously, only the order was affected. FIXED-IN: 6.2.3 (cherry picked from commit 8b78def13fcc0980c274ad12f88b11075bb6d0e6) 615548b2 Fix icon alignment when task manager is reversed 97175bf8 simplify isMirrored contition 098b6d29 retain old behavior for vertical panels b1d9769c refactor to clarify mirroring behavior with rtl f7a809be remove property with same name as function da383cbe qualify function call Co-authored-by: Michael Rivnak <rivnakm1@gmail.com> M +0 -6 applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/TaskList.qml M +14 -2 applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/main.qml https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/commit/281cee2962b04be09e645436f512489eb292a8a9