https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=453068
Bug ID: 453068
Summary: Pane for event details should always be visible, so
the layout stays constant
Product: kalendar
Version: 22.04.0
Platform: Archlinux Packages
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: minor
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: claudio.cam...@gmail.com
Reporter: dev-...@felsenfleischer.de
CC: c...@carlschwan.eu
Target Milestone: ---
I just discovered Kalendar due to a recommendation under a current bug in
Korganizer. ;-) So I had a quick look through everything, using my two radicale
calendars and contact birthdays.
Right in the first few moments I noticed an example of -- in my very humble
opinion -- bad UI design: the details pane which wooshes in and out of the
view. My reasoning is that it constantly rearranges the layout of the whole
window, which is very distracting to the eye and confuses the user's
orientation.
EXAMPLE
Consider the month view, and in it a day that has two events. I want to view
the details of both of them. So I click on the first and while my eyes go off
to read the details, my hand already moves the mouse to the next event
automatically and blindly.
OBSERVED RESULT
The details pane, by moving into view, now squeezes the month view, which
causes that next event to move away from the anticipated location.
EXPECTED RESULT
The main view layout should remain constant. When no event is selected, the
pane may be left entirely empty, or get an empty-label, sort of like Dolphin
does in empty directories. Something along the lines of "Select an event to
show details here".
Thanks for your work and consideration.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.93.0
Qt Version: 5.15.3
Kernel Version: 5.17.4-arch1-1 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 4 × Intel® Celeron® N5100 @ 1.10GHz
Memory: 15.4 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® UHD Graphics
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