Bug 515152 - Task manager does not respect multi-row view setting when only 1 task is running
Summary: Task manager does not respect multi-row view setting when only 1 task is running
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Task Manager and Icons-Only Task Manager widgets (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: master
Platform: Neon Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
URL:
Keywords: regression
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2026-01-27 12:03 UTC by Patrick Silva
Modified: 2026-01-27 14:49 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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2026-01-27 14:41 UTC, Marco Martin 		Details
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Description Patrick Silva 2026-01-27 12:03:49 UTC 
SUMMARY
Can reproduce on both Arch running Plasma 6.6 beta and neon unstable.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. open the task manager settings
2. set "Use multi-row view:" to "Always when panel is thick enough"
3. set panel height to 47 or more
4. close all tasks/windows
5. open 1 task/window

OBSERVED RESULT
task manager remains in single-row view

EXPECTED RESULT
task manager working in multi-row view

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: KDE neon Unstable Edition
KDE Plasma Version: 6.6.80
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.23.0
Qt Version: 6.10.1
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Comment 1 Marco Martin 2026-01-27 14:41:57 UTC 
Created attachment 188948 [details]
failing to reproduce

on master i can't seem able to reproduce, when i have a single icon i get it like this.
does this happen to you with icons only taskmanager, the other one or both?
Comment 2 Patrick Silva 2026-01-27 14:49:20 UTC 
(In reply to Marco Martin from comment #1)
> does this happen to you with icons only taskmanager, the other one or both?
Both.