https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=398184
Bug ID: 398184
Summary: Inconsistency between application launcher and leave
options
Product: plasmashell
Version: master
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: Look & Feel package
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
Target Milestone: 1.0
(I'm not sure if this is the correct component, please move/reassign
accordingly.)
The logout dialogue offers the following options if the system is capable of
these:
suspend, reboot, shutdown, log out.
The application launcher instead has the following options available (separated
by type):
Session:
lock, log out, switch user
System:
hibernate, suspend, reboot, shutdown
Wouldn't it be worth to somehow unify these interfaces in terms of
functionality? I, for example, frequently get confused when pressing
ctrl+alt+del because not all options appear there. I have even created a patch
for myself to add the hibernate option to the logout dialogue because of
frustration, see
https://github.com/pholthau/gentoo-patches/blob/master/kde-plasma/plasma-workspace/enable-hibernate-in-logout.patch
I can understand that we want to have simple and intuitive default options and
I totally agree with that. But many users may need to frequently switch users
or hibernate their system by default. Not having the options in the main leave
dialogue may hinder some (including me) in their workflow.
There is even an infrastructure to support a better user experience: The
"Desktop Session Login and Logout" kcm already has a tick box to offer shutdown
options. Why not let the user decide about every option individually?
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