https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=357136
Bug ID: 357136
Summary: Can't configure Application Launcher Menu to work well
in positions other than bottom left of screen
Product: plasmashell
Version: 5.5.2
Platform: Archlinux Packages
OS: Linux
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: Application Launcher (Kickoff)
Assignee: k...@davidedmundson.co.uk
Reporter: colinnkee...@gmail.com
CC: plasma-b...@kde.org
Both widgets for launching applications (Application Launcher and Application
Menu) are configured to be most usable when positioned at bottom left of the
screen. There are no settings options to change the configuration so that it
would be just as easy to use from any other corner of the screen.
In particular, there is no way to put the favorites on the right, and for the
Application Launcher widget, there's no way to put the search on top.
if the launcher is on the right side of the screen, there's a lot of mouse
travel required to get from clicking the widget to clicking the application
icon. As the mouse travels, all sorts of stuff pops up if it's set to change on
mouseover hover, making that setting impractical. Worse than that, in the
Application Menu widget, the stuff that pops up blocks the favorites making it
impossible to even click on the launcher. This happens because the widget is
all the way to the right so has to put the pop-ups on the left side where the
favorites are.
Searching from the Application Launcher is very difficult if it's on top of the
screen both because it's a long travel from activating the window to clicking
in the search box, and because the search box isn't even there all the time.
Why does it alternate between a search box and showing the user@host?
Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Put an Application Launcher or Application Menu widget in any location other
than bottom left
2. Try to launch and application
3. Notice that the "Favorites" are located on the left.
4. Notice on Application Launcher that the search is located at the bottom.
5. Go into settings to try and put the search at top or the Favorites on the
right.
6. Fail to find any such options in the settings.
Actual Results:
Can't get a satisfactory configuration of the launcher widgets for top-right of
screen.
Expected Results:
I expected to have the ability to configure which side of the widget shows
favorites and whether the search bar is at top or bottom. Being able to reverse
those locations makes the menu properly usable in any corner of the screen.
Currently, both widgets are optimized for the left side of the screen, and the
Application Launcher widget for bottom left only.
I am new to KDE after using Xfce4 for a couple of years. I expected to find a
launcher that is just as configurable as Whiskermenu on Xfce. I'm actually
considering running a small Xfce panel just to be able to use the Whiskermenu
even though it's uglier just because it's so much more functional.
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