https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=368714
Bug ID: 368714
Summary: Emphasis on name of menu item instead of description
Product: plasmashell
Version: 5.6.0
Platform: Debian testing
URL: http://i.imgur.com/eJhmc2a.png
OS: Linux
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: Application Launcher (Kickoff)
Assignee: k...@davidedmundson.co.uk
Reporter: tuk...@gmail.com
CC: plasma-b...@kde.org
In the provided screenshot URL you'll see that the emphasis is given to the
application description instead of the application name. This sounds very
counter-intuitive to me to begin with - and even if most Debian packages try to
keep a small description which is not too weird to look at ("File Manager",
"Audio Player") while the actual application name is harder to see below, some
externally-installed menu items look a lot weirder.
It may sound like a nitpick but any UI designer will agree that unless the
descriptions are spot-on, this would make the Application Launcher harder to
use both for new and established users. What if there are two "Audio Player"
installed? What if an externally-installed game comes with the description "A
game"? Since the descriptions for any and all system packages is something KDE
won't and cannot control I think it is better to swap the two fields in the UI
- give emphasis to the actual package name and have the description accompany
it below (and if necessary give more screen space to the description as well).
Alternatively, allow for users to select (via right-click or via system
settings) which field they want to see above and which to see below. I believe
KDE had this option a while ago but I couldn't find it just now - if it's there
it doesn't show up using the search feature or relevant categories in ksystem.
Anyway, I suggest that the default be reconsidered.
Reproducible: Always
I imagine this has been discussed before but I couldn't find a relevant bug
request here and don't have time to dig over mailing list archives and so on.
If the bug tracker isn't the proper place to report this to, I ask that someone
see this through to the proper channels. Thank you!
Since I'm not sure which package provides the Application Launcher, 5.6.0 was
just an estimate based on plasma-desktop and plasma-workspace versions.
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