https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=486420
Bug ID: 486420
Summary: Per-panel maximum icon size setting
Classification: Plasma
Product: plasmashell
Version: 6.0.4
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: Panel
Assignee: plasma-b...@kde.org
Reporter: n...@kde.org
CC: niccolo.venera...@gmail.com
Blocks: 346420
Target Milestone: 1.0
In the past we had a global "Panel icon size" setting that controlled the
maximum size that icons can grow to across all Plasma panels. This had some
issues:
1. It was not presented as a maximum size, so people would adjust it, see that
nothing happened, and get confused.
2. Not all widgets respected it, so even if you did have a thick panel, the
setting's effects often seemed random.
3. It was global in scope, when in principle it makes sense to be a
panel-specific setting panels can have different thicknesses and intended UX.
Issues 1 and 2 were theoretically fixable using the existing infrastructure,
but 3 was not. For these reasons, we deleted the setting late in Plasma 5, and
deleted the backend code that it controlled in Plasma 6. Instead, all widgets
now scale with the panel thickness.
This presents new issues:
1. Not all widgets do this! So sizing still feels random.
2. People with very thick panels who don't want their panel icons to be so huge
no longer have a way to make that happen.
In the short term, we've capped the maximum icon size in Kickoff (Bug 467004)
and Kicker (Bug 482612). And Task Manager icons already seem to be capped at
some internal value (see Bug 346420). Some other widgets seem to have size caps
too. e.g. Peek at Desktop/Minimize All.
The situation is really random. To resolve this, we should re-add a maximum
icon size setting, but make it panel-specific, and then also put in the work to
port *every* widget to use it, so that its usage doesn't feel random.
Referenced Bugs:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=346420
[Bug 346420] Pinned Task Manager launchers don't scale beyond a certain size as
Panel is increased in thickness
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