https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=499472
Bug ID: 499472
Summary: Kickoff menu not centering on the screen horizontally
when centered on the panel
Classification: Plasma
Product: plasmashell
Version: 6.2.5
Platform: Fedora RPMs
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: Application Launcher (Kickoff) widget
Assignee: plasma-b...@kde.org
Reporter: krystian.kacprzak...@gmail.com
CC: mikel5...@gmail.com, noaha...@gmail.com
Target Milestone: 1.0
Created attachment 177934
--> https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=177934&action=edit
Expected behaviour shown in Kubuntu 24.04 on Plasma 5.27
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SUMMARY
In Plasma 5.27 when you centered Application Launcher, aka Kickoff on the panel
using panel spacers, the Kickoff menu would always open centered on the panel,
attached to it, similarly to how it does in Windows 11, or Cinnamenu in
Cinnamon, as a KDE example there's Ditto Menu and Andromeda Launcher. This gave
the menu a coherent look and ensured, that no matter how many applications are
on the panel, the menu would open in the same place.
However, since Plasma 6 came out, this behaviour is different. Kickoff menu
tries to always center on the Application Launcher button, or if it's not
possible, it will align its left side to the end of the panel (or screen edge).
Because of that, the position of the menu changes depending on how many
applications are opened and present on the panel, which makes using it much
less intuitive, since you always have to look for the menu alongside lower edge
(which is especially annoying with ultrawide monitor).
In my humble opinion, there should be an option in the Launcher settings to
allign to left, right or center of the panel, or to center on the button, if
this is better for someone.
I have found this bug report: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=477957,
however the fix that resulted in that only aligns the menu to the left whereas
I'd like it to, as stated before, and suggested in the mentioned bug report, to
center on the panel/screen.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Add panel spacers to the left of the Application Launcher and to the right
of Tasks Widget, so that Application Launcher and Tasks are centered on the
panel
2. Launch Kickoff menu
3. Observe that the menu centers on the button, not on the panel
OBSERVED RESULT
Kickoff menu opens centered on the Application Launcher button
EXPECTED RESULT
Kickoff menu opens centered on the center of the panel (attachment in Kubuntu
on Plasma 5.27)
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Fedora Linux 41
KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.10.0
Qt Version: 6.8.1
Kernel Version: 6.12.11-200.fc41.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 8-Core Processor
Memory: 30.9 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Product Name: X670 GAMING X AX
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