https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=526716
Bug ID: 526716
Summary: [UIX improvment suggestion] Option to populate task
bar by column first.
Classification: Plasma
Product: plasmashell
Version First master
Reported In:
Platform: openSUSE
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: Task Manager and Icons-Only Task Manager widgets
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
Target Milestone: 1.0
This a suggestion for UI improvement.
It would increase intuitiveness and ease of use if the window positions in a
multi-row setting could mimic (in a rough fashion) the window position on the
screen. Currently the window list is ordered left to right, when "Do not group"
is selected, filling up upper rows before populating the next row. Moving a
window horizontally can make its task bar representation jump from (right) end
of upper row to (left) beginning of lower row. That is confusing.
To better mimic the horizontal position of windows, Icons-and-Text Task Manager
should have an option to populate its list not only LTR (or RTL for such
writing systems) and then top-down. It should also allow top-down, then
horizontal. That way, the horizontal relocation of a window can be broadly
followed by its task bar representation -- it could only move up or down 1+
lines first, before moving one column sideways.
(This suggestion assumes horizontal task bars on landscape oriented screens.
Other setups may require further refinement.)
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