https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=514735
Bug ID: 514735
Summary: "Unblock" and "Manually block" buttons are misleading
and use non-ideal icon
Classification: Plasma
Product: plasmashell
Version First 6.5.5
Reported In:
Platform: Kubuntu
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: Power and Battery widget
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
CC: [email protected], [email protected]
Target Milestone: 1.0
Created attachment 188617
--> https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=188617&action=edit
Widget screenshot
SUMMARY
When an application inhibits screen locking / sleep (for example Firefox while
playing a video), the Power & Battery widget shows a section "Sleep and Screen
Lock after inactivity: Blocked" with a button labeled "Unblock" (in the
attached screenshot: "Erlauben") and a red X icon. Additionally, there is a
button to manually block sleep and screen locking, with an icon that conveys
some sort of "ignore" action (that's my first association, at least).
The wording and icons are misleading:
1. The red X icon on the "Unblock" button suggests a destructive action,
although this is a normal, non-destructive user choice. The actual action is
"positive", not destructive: Ignore the application’s inhibition and resume
normal power management behavior. So I think some kind of "resume" icon (or
maybe an open "zZz" padlock, similar to the closed one on the screenshot) would
be a better fit IMO. The button label should also be changed to "Resume" or
something in that vein.
2. For the "Manually block" button, I'd suggest the closed padlock as an icon.
This conveys its action better than the current one, I think.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Kubuntu 25.10
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.20.0
Qt Version: 6.9.2
Kernel Version: 6.17.0-8-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz
Memory: 16 GiB of RAM (15.6 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Product Name: Z170-Gaming K3
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