https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=483957
--- Comment #8 from Niccolò Venerandi <nicc...@venerandi.com> --- (In reply to Nate Graham from comment #7) > Thinking about it more, I wonder if we might even want to go in the other > direction and remove the ability to add and remove virtual desktops from > both Overview and Desktop Grid. People who use virtual desktops generally > have a fixed layout they've already carefully set up in System Settings, or > else they use a 3rd-party KWin script to automatically add new virtual > desktops as needed. I wonder what the actual use case is for being able to > manipulate the number of desktops here--especially since you can't change > the layout, which makes the feature semi-useless unless you stick to a > one-dimensional layout. > > CCing Niccolò for comment. Personally, I'd prefer to keep it. In my mind, the Overview is almost the more obvious place where to handle the desktops, even more than System Settings; especially the grid view is a good place where to learn about them, since it tells you what they are and immediately gives you the option of creating more. Other major OSs also handle VD entirely within the Overview, so I think users will expect to be able to do that. It's also much simpler to access (and, honestly, even more intuitive to use) than the settings page. You do raise a good point about the layout. Personally, I'd move away from the idea of exposing "you have N desktops in M rows", and instead expose "you have N rows and M columns", and then we'd expose (in the Grid View) the ability to change the number of nows and columns. I'd still keep the ability to change the number of desktops in the Overview, for those with a more simple, linear setup. (If you have a grid you don't have any preview in the Overview anyway). So, we have completely opposite approaches here :P -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
