Bug 498822 - Hard to follow which visibility values belong to which entry in system tray settings (when the window is maximized)
Summary: Hard to follow which visibility values belong to which entry in system tray s...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: System Tray widget (show other bugs)
Version: 6.2.90
Platform: Neon Linux
: NOR minor
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
URL:
Keywords: usability
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2025-01-18 00:24 UTC by John
Modified: 2025-01-23 16:12 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

See Also:
Latest Commit:
Version Fixed In: 6.3.0
Sentry Crash Report:


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Maximized System Tray Settings window (149.70 KB, image/png)
2025-01-18 00:24 UTC, John
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Description John 2025-01-18 00:24:35 UTC
Created attachment 177475 [details]
Maximized System Tray Settings window

SUMMARY
Hard to follow which visibility values belong to which entry in system tray settings (when the window is maximized)

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Boot KDE Neon or your Linux distro with Plasma.
2. Open the System Tray settings window.
3. Maximize the window.

OBSERVED RESULT
When the System Tray Settings window is maximized, it's hard to follow which  visibility value belongs to which entry as the distance between them is too big and there's no visual cue.

EXPECTED RESULT
Show some zebra pattern rows like Dolphin does so it's easier to match entries with the visibility values (drop-downs).
Or, if that's hard to do, display them in a table, like the table here on new bug report at the bottom (with bug reports suggestions) that has lines between the entries.
Or some dotted lines between them.
In theory I could make the window smaller again so they are close to one another, but I always prefer maximized windows to have all options visible, not have to scroll vertically or horizontally and be able to quickly close the windows by going to the top-right corner and click.
Also making the window smaller again waste some of my time and then waster even more with the harder way to close the window.
So I expect a bit of better design, like Dolphin has, which never gave me this kind of problem while working with it maximized.
I tested it on a 2K screen and I assume that on a 4K or larger screen this is even harder to follow.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma:
KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.90
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.11.0
Qt Version: 6.8.1
Kernel Version: 6.8.0-51-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Hardware: Dell Inspiron 5770
Graphics Processor 1: Mesa Intel® UHD Graphics 620
Graphics Processor 2: AMD Radeon R5 M465 Series
Comment 1 TraceyC 2025-01-21 18:29:15 UTC
Can confirm this on KDE Neon Testing.
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2025-01-21 21:22:24 UTC
Yeah, we should use the alternative background color styling here.

That said... don't maximize this small window! :)
Comment 3 Bug Janitor Service 2025-01-22 11:43:02 UTC
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/merge_requests/5100
Comment 4 Marco Martin 2025-01-22 15:56:37 UTC
Git commit 1d7c9602f1197d06f3594f7395159da0f2db840d by Marco Martin.
Committed on 22/01/2025 at 15:56.
Pushed by mart into branch 'master'.

applets/systray: use alternate colors background for systray entry config dialog

since if the window can be very big, use alternate colors background
for systray entry config, which might make hard to know which comboboxes
are associated to which entries

![image](/uploads/68c90c853d737ad1d399421cc0b661cf/image.png){width=1440 height=900}

M  +2    -0    applets/systemtray/package/contents/ui/ConfigEntries.qml

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/commit/1d7c9602f1197d06f3594f7395159da0f2db840d
Comment 5 Marco Martin 2025-01-22 15:57:36 UTC
Git commit 7460912ee88bbeec30b715b35b43fcb6f7a158dd by Marco Martin.
Committed on 22/01/2025 at 15:57.
Pushed by mart into branch 'Plasma/6.3'.

applets/systray: use alternate colors background for systray entry config dialog

since if the window can be very big, use alternate colors background
for systray entry config, which might make hard to know which comboboxes
are associated to which entries

M  +2    -0    applets/systemtray/package/contents/ui/ConfigEntries.qml

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/commit/7460912ee88bbeec30b715b35b43fcb6f7a158dd