https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=511155
Bug ID: 511155
Summary: Digital Clock manual inline pipe divider adds unwanted
padding
Classification: Plasma
Product: plasmashell
Version First 6.5.0
Reported In:
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: Digital Clock widget
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Target Milestone: 1.0
Created attachment 186185
--> https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=186185&action=edit
With delimiter before 6.5.0
SUMMARY
Before 6.5.0 Plasma was automatically adding an inline pipe divider between the
Date and Time.
Apparently some users did not like that. I do not question that.
https://discuss.kde.org/t/a-pipe-vertical-line-character-shows-between-date-and-time-in-the-digital-clock-widget-on-the-panel/30374
And it was removed with 6.5.0.
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=499989
The alternative was to add a pipe or comma in the Custom Date format.
This does not seem like a polished solution:
- Depending on the Font you use, the pipe may not be centered vertically (Fira
Sans for example)
- Using a pipe causes a slight padding to be added on right side of it
depending on the time format you use and the Font weight (Bold or not etc). The
only moment it looks right is when you use a 24-Hour format AND your time is
between 12:00 and 23:59.
So in order to prevent that visual flaw you have to use something else than a
pipe as the divider. But the pipe is the one that we, at Garuda Linux, find the
better looking for our themes, it fits perfectly well. Was fitting perfectly
well before 6.5.0, now by adding it manually it introduced a visual flaw.
By adding a comma (,) for example, it makes the entire line with too many
commas, we have one after the Day of the Week and then another one after the
Date, which is another reason why the pipe was perfect visually speaking.
What are the suggestions if we want to keep the pipe, have equally spaced
characters no matter the Time format and keep our theme's system Font?
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