https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=472385
Bug ID: 472385
Summary: [Feature Request] (Widget Explorer): Better sorting
and categories for widget explorer
Classification: Plasma
Product: plasmashell
Version: 5.27.6
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: Widget Explorer
Assignee: plasma-b...@kde.org
Reporter: bugs_kde_org.5.k...@spamgourmet.com
Target Milestone: 1.0
Created attachment 160380
--> https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=160380&action=edit
KDE widget explorer
SUMMARY
Apple presented the incredible and before unheard idea of desktop widgets in
MacOS 14 "Sonoma".
Well, that nothing new for KDE! However, the makers of the golden cage had some
good ideas that widgets on KDE could also benefit from IHMO.
DESIGN & SUGGESTION
The widget explorer on MacOS looks much more organized than it's KDE equivalent
and has categories.
The KDE widget explorer that you can open with a right click on the desktop
looks very messy and as if somebody just emptied a bucked of widgets onto the
browser and they sorted randomly. There are no categories either.
That the widget explorer does not search online by default is a strength and a
weakness IMO. If you search for "translator" (by driglu4it) it just shows you
that it can not find any (local) applications with that. The field where the
widgets are displayed and that is now empty could include a button that links
you to the online search.
My suggestions are to make the widget manager a little bit cleaner (or the
arrangement of the elements less random), include categories (like there are in
Dolphin) and add a link to the online search if nothing is found offline (could
also be a setting to always allow online search)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This would make a great feature for Plasma 6 to clearly set it apart.
(I hope the product + component sorting is correct. I copied it from a bug that
included widgets. if it's in the wrong category please move it :) )
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