https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=468068
Bug ID: 468068
Summary: Confusing or even inconsistent behavior
Classification: Plasma
Product: kdeplasma-addons
Version: 5.27.3
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: minor
Priority: NOR
Component: Night Color Control
Assignee: plasma-b...@kde.org
Reporter: trossi....@gmail.com
CC: kwin-bugs-n...@kde.org, vlad.zahorod...@kde.org
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
I wish to set up Night Color Mode in a way that I can turn it off and on
manually, but having it Off by default at startup.
But playing with the options, I came accross some confusing behaviors.
There are several options available:
- Always off:
This one is not really useful, as when I left-click on the icon on the systray,
instead of turning on the night mode as I would expect (which would reflect the
behavior of every other systray icon and the 'Always On' option), it opens the
configuration panel.
- Always on:
When I left-click on the systray icon, it toggles night color mode on and off
(as intuitively expected).
Configuration is accessible with a right click on the icon, consistently with
any other systray applet.
So we can see that "Always Off" option makes the systray icon behaves
inconsistently from when "Always On" is set.
PROPOSITIONS
How about merging the "Always off" and "Always On" options into a "Manual"
option.
The systray icon will then behave like when "Always on" is set, with the
difference that instead of forcing it to 'On' at startup, it remembers its last
state manually set by the user.
We can also imagine a set of options for manual mode, that proposes:
o Remember last state
o Starts On (so Night Color Mode is On on startup by default, and left click on
icon toggles it off and on)
o Starts Off (so Night Color Mode is Off on startup by default, and left click
on icon toggles it on and off )
That would make both the configuration options and the interactions with the
applet more intuitive and more consistent with how other applets on the systray
behave.
As a result, it will feel to be more at the service of the user.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. On the System Settings section for Night Color Mode, chose either "Always
On" or "Always Off"
2. Interact with the systray icon
OBSERVED RESULT
The icon does not behaves the same way depending on the chosen option, and
there is no option that actually lets the user to manually tell the system
which mode it wants to start with while allowing for easy toggle on/off.
EXPECTED RESULT
Having the systray icon for Night Color Mode to behaves a bit more like the
other icons (left click for toggle on/off, right click for menu and access to
settings), and allows the user to tell the system in which mode its should
start (on / off / last state)
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux: Fedora 37
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.104.0
Qt Version: 5.15.8
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