https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=481628
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--- Comment #4 from Doug <dougsha...@protonmail.com> ---
(In reply to Emir SARI from comment #2)
> Thanks for the reply!
>
> The active window will always get the menu content, no questions asked
> there. But, when there are no applications open, and for instance when the
> window chooser is active "Plasma Desktop" is displayed (that's my cue that
> there are no active application windows), there should be a standard set of
> items.
>
> Now, I always use the folder mode, so, when in folder mode, there should be
> menus for instance,
>
> File - for file operations
> Edit - for file operations
> View - for display options of the icons
> Go - easy navigation to places and mounted disks, last used items, and
> network connection options
> Window - this is your Plasma navigation menu, windows, virtual desktops,
> activities…
> Help - standart help access
>
> For the rumoured widget mode (I never use it), these could be configured as
> you say, to display whatever is relevant to that mode.
>
> The main logic behind this change it, theoretically, when we use the global
> menu for system navigation and cancel the standard bottom Plasma panel,
> everything should also be available also in this global menu paradigm
> without having to resort to specific widgets. The only sort of required
> other widget should be the application launcher menu.
>
> I recognise that this paradigm is very macOS'y, but when we already have the
> global menu, we could as well make it worthwhile to have it. It would also
> really help folks like me that use macOS regularly to feel more at home with
> KDE. It is also a 40 year old paradigm, which is tried extensively and in
> use today.
>
> This way also we could make Dolphin integrate more deeply into Plasma. To be
> fair, having to launch Dolphin in order to manipulate files on the Desktop
> extensively is not ideal at all.
As a fellow Global Menu/sometimes MacOS user, I have long wanted something
along these lines, so I'd like to chime in and say I'd love to see something
like this developed as Plasma 6 stabilizes and starts adding new features.
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