Bug 494469 - Accessibility entry in System settings doesn't have the ">" icon, but it looks like it should
Summary: Accessibility entry in System settings doesn't have the ">" icon, but it look...
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: systemsettings
Classification: Applications
Component: kcm_accessibility (show other bugs)
Version: 6.2.0
Platform: Arch Linux Linux
: NOR minor
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
URL:
Keywords: usability
: 494400 (view as bug list)
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2024-10-10 16:40 UTC by Jan Bidler
Modified: 2024-10-10 20:49 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Jan Bidler 2024-10-10 16:40:11 UTC
SUMMARY
Entries in system settings usually have a ">" icon to indicate that clicking on this entry will reveal more tabbed entries. Like Mouse & Touchpad or Keyboard.
The Accessibility Entry does not have such icon, despite clicking it leading to more subentries.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open System settings
2. Observe

OBSERVED RESULT
Accessibility doesn't have an ">" icon

EXPECTED RESULT
Accessibility should have an ">" icon

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.6.0
Qt Version: 6.7.3
Kernel Version: 6.11.2-arch1-1 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Six-Core Processor
Memory: 15.6 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 570 Series
Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Product Name: B450M DS3H
Comment 1 Filip 2024-10-10 17:34:09 UTC
Can confirm
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2024-10-10 19:47:15 UTC
Technically this is correct as is, because clicking on thje "Accessibility" list item takes you to a single page, not a group of pages.

However on a practical level, I can appreciate that the result sure *looks* like a group of pages, because it has a sidebar that you use to select pages. However technically speaking the sidebar selector that gives you this impression is implemented entirely within the base Accessibility page, and does not use the System Settings' app's own grouping mechanism. This is because we explicitly don't want to use it; we want this page to be exposed to the user as one page, with the view switcher being an internal implementation detail. We don't want it to be exposed as like 7 pages.

I see three options here:

1. Say it's intentional and close the bug on these technical grounds
2. Say it's intentional but admit that the lack of an arrow is a bit odd, and work on a way to let this and similar pages manually opt into showing an arrow
3. Re-think grouping on the page, and split this KCM into like 8, and use the standard grouping mechanism.

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Disadvantage of #1 is that it's unsatisfying and will feel rude to the bug reporter and anyone else who brings this up.

Disadvantage of #2 is that it will require more technical work to re-implement something we already have for pages using the standard system.

Disadvantage of #3 is that we'll lose the ability to show a single base "Accessibility" page we can easily direct people to.
Comment 3 Jan Bidler 2024-10-10 20:21:09 UTC
It may be worth noting, that the only reason why I discovered this in the first place, is that I tried to reduce the settings' window width. If you normally do that in these nested-groups, the contents readjusts, where it only shows [middle sub list | detailed setting], where as with accessibility it shows [left main list | middle sub list | detailed setting]
Comment 4 Nate Graham 2024-10-10 20:49:03 UTC
*** Bug 494400 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***