https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=437747
Bug ID: 437747
Summary: KRunner item needs to remain in Dtop-right click menu
for usability
Product: plasmashell
Version: master
Platform: Neon Packages
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: Desktop Containment
Assignee: notm...@gmail.com
Reporter: fire...@firemail.cc
CC: plasma-b...@kde.org
Target Milestone: 1.0
SUMMARY
The latest Neon Developer has removed the ability to launch KRunner without
taking the hand off the mouse, by no longer offering to place it in the core
menu on the right mouse button. It used to be in that core place for decades.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. place cursor on empty spot of the desktop background.
2. click the right mouse button.
3. try to find the KRunner launch entry which use to be there since 1990.
OBSERVED RESULT
Usability and ergonomics suffer, as users are forced to move the right hand to
and fro from mouse to keyboard without any good reason. It was much better
before the item removal.
EXPECTED RESULT
People expect to operate KDE to a very large part with the mouse ONLY.
They move the hand to the keyboard only if necessary.
People expect to do this workflow:
1. right click, launch KRunner
2. click downArrow for history
3. launch the app from the history list
this is the most convenient way to achieve it. All keyboard use is
significantly more tedious.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Neon Developer live image as of today
KDE Plasma Version: current today
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The reason given in Developer webchat was:
The removal makes the choice list "less intimidating".
Yet some bloat still still remains, such as the multiple wallpaper items, only
1 of which would be sufficient.
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