https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=455560
--- Comment #2 from Denis Lisov <dennis.lis...@gmail.com> --- (In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1) > I understand that the variable length based on window title can become > annoying, but a list of windows (per the widget's name) pretty much has to > display the window title. If it only displays the icon, it's not a list > anymore, and furthermore, only showing icons would leave you unable to > visually distinguish between windows that have the same icon, as when you > open multiple windows of an app. If we capped the length, then it would > elide long text at a certain point and that would be annoying too. Sorry, I may have stated the question not clear enough. Up to Plasma 5.24 the Window List applet used to have a single function: provide a way of choosing the window to switch to in two clicks via the popup. Since 5.25 it also has the second function of showing the user which application is active at the moment by replacing a small "open window list" button with a bigger and variable-size "current application" button. I don't have any problems with the window list pop-up itself showing both window icons and full-length window titles - as you say, it would be strange to have a list of windows that would not actually list windows. What I'm asking for is an option to disable the second function and go back to a "open window list" button instead of a "current application" one. For me the "current application" button provides no useful information because (a) the application that's currently active is part of my working context that's hard to lose track of, (b) this information isn't needed often as one usually cares about the window they're switching to, not the one they're switching from, and (c) it's easy to find the active window frame or look at the Task Manager applet even if lost. Furthermore, as the button displays the application name and not the window name it's already useless for distinguishing between windows of the same application, and the icon would be enough for distinguishing between different applications in most cases. Could you please clarify if I'm misunderstanding something or not understanding the intended use cases? It really looks to me like replacing the "open window list" panel button with the "current application" panel button trades panel space and layout consistency (due to variable width) for extra information that's in many cases both obvious from other indicators (decorations, task manager applet, etc) and useless / unactionable (do you often happen to ask yourself "what application does the focused window belong to"?). -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
