https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=357500

            Bug ID: 357500
           Summary: setting the minimum panel size below the maximum panel
                    size causes the panel to flicker between it's minimum
                    and maximum size
           Product: plasmashell
           Version: 5.5.2
          Platform: Archlinux Packages
               URL: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/79230546/PanelBug.
                    webm
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: major
          Priority: NOR
         Component: Panel
          Assignee: plasma-b...@kde.org
          Reporter: 34cm8565becib9nos...@mailinator.com

I highly recommend you look at the demonstration URL I've included since this a
very visual bug and is difficult to explain textually.

After setting a panel's minimum size lower than it's maximum size via the Panel
Settings dialogue it proceeds to flicker between it's maximum and minimum size;
rapid flickering occurs when plasmoids are present on the panel that have a
dynamic size, such as a Flexible Spacer or in my situation/example the
Icons-only Task Manager; however when they have a static size such as the
Digital Clock or when no plasmoids are present the panel flickers once to it's
minimum size and then sticks at it's maximum size.

It should stick at it's minimum size in both instances when there are no
widgets or the widgets that are present are not large enough to push the panel
to it's maximum size.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Add an empty panel to any edge of the screen.
2. Set that panel's minimum size lower than it's maximum size.

Actual Results:  
The panel flickered rapidly between it's minimum and maximum size if I added a
dynamic size widget like the Icons-only Task Manager. 

The panel flickered once between it's minimum and maximum size then stuck at
it's maximum size, if I added a static size widget like the Digital Clock or if
I simply didn't add any widgets.

Expected Results:  
The panel should have remained at it's minimum size plus the length of any
widgets that exceeded the minimum size but not the maximum size.

This is not the only instance of poor size calculation of plasma widgets in my
plasma desktop. For instance, the pager widget when placed on the desktop does
not size itself correctly to the workspace squares and has a whole extra
segment of background to the right. I'd file that as a extra bug report but I
feel the two issues are connected and hopefully the solution to this bug which
is the more major one will fix that as well.

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