https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=435630
Bug ID: 435630
Summary: It became harder to start apps from Favorites
Product: plasmashell
Version: 5.21.0
Platform: Neon Packages
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: Application Launcher (Kickoff)
Assignee: k...@davidedmundson.co.uk
Reporter: aspotas...@gmail.com
CC: mikel5...@gmail.com, plasma-b...@kde.org
Target Milestone: 1.0
SUMMARY
With the new launcher the CUJ of starting favorite apps became harder. It used
to be:
1. Click on "K" button to open the menu
2. Move the mouse up and click on the desired app. It was okay if you moved
the mouse pointer to the right a little bit, IOW it was really easy to
reproduce this gesture.
After the change in 5.21, it became harder for these reasons:
1. If you're not moving the mouse fast enough, the category will switch
because you hover them when moving the mouse pointer north.
2. Well, you can avoid hovering by moving the mouse right and then up. But
this is more complicated and takes at least half a second unless you're a
professional StarCraft player.
3. Under Favorites, the items (rows) are thinner than before, therefore takes
more time to click on the desired item.
4. You have to move the mouse to the right (relative to the default position
of the "K" button in the bottom-left corner). Positioning the mouse precisely
in two dimensions is harder than doing it in just 1 dimension.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
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OBSERVED RESULT
EXPECTED RESULT
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