https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=460169
--- Comment #12 from cs <[email protected]> --- (In reply to ratijas from comment #11) > As a workaround you could make yourself an icon which is wide enough for the > panel width, and not so tall. So that the new code correctly displays it as > a rectangle. > > But I have to agree, no one thought of extra-wide vertical panels usecase. I > see two problems with vertical panels in general: > > 1. they are often too thin to fit anything. See user switching applet. > 2. they are sometimes too wide to handle all the width you give them. like > in your case. Yeah, thougt about s.th. like you probosed, but that's quite a hack. I must say, I have used this layout since several years, somewhen since early plasma 4 days. So I can't say, that vertical panels are problematic. Sure, I haven't used all applets in my panel, but those I have used have worked quite well until now, but I guess, there are also applets that don't work too well in a horizontal panel, because they are not intended to be used in a panel. What would be about a setting (check box), where you can select yourself, if you want the icon to expand or not? On the other hand, should all applets that have a icon like this, have this setting? Would lead to code duplication... What about the panel? Could it have a setting, that says "all my child applets expand" or "...applets don't expand"? Don't know much about qml, so I don't even know if this would be possible. So, I see that's not straightforward, but I would really hate, if this would "break" after all these years. On the other hand, I'm aware, that this use case is not widespread, but would really like if a solution can be found. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
