Public bug reported:
When I upgraded to Kubuntu Vivid Vervet, for some reason no virtual
desktops were configured. My first take was an attempt to install the
virtual desktop pager into the KDE control panel. Whenever I added a
desktop pager widget to the panel, I saw a brief jerk in the panel,
after which it returned to its original state, i.e… without desktop
pager. Since I tried to trace debug logs and other, I did this several
time.
Once I found the correct way to configure virtual desktops, I configured
6 virtual desktops on my screen, and all of a sudden a whole barrage of
dektop pager widgets appeared in my KDE panel. While this is no crash, I
would call it highly confusing and irritating to anyone who is not
fluent in KDE configuration.
The behaviour described above is fully repeatable. Use the System
Settings ---> Desktop Behaviour menu to configure just one virtual
desktop, watch the desktop pager disappear from KDE panel. Assume (like
I did) "oh, I need a desktop pager" and add a desktop pager widget to
your KDE panel. Since this has no effect, do this a few times. Then go
back and configure more than one virtual desktops and watch your KDE
panel. Not nice.
>From a pure software view, I can fully understand how this came about:
if there are no virtual desktops, there it no point in wasting space for
a desktop pager. At the same time the KDE panel configuration should
allow to add as many panels as one wants, so no fault there. From a
usability standpoint it's still awful that way, though!
Here is my suggestion how to solve this:
- change the virtual desktop pager widget such that it shows a tiny icon even
if there are no virtual desktops. If people don't want to dedicate space to
this widget, it's easy to remove from the panel anyway.
- another advantage of this 'always on' pager widget would be that one could
start with one desktop and use that widget to add more virtual desktops. Right
now this is not possible because there is no widget for one desktop.
- a more elegant version would be to add a "add virtual desktop" button into
that KDE panel menu which holds the less frequently needed buttons (looks like
an arrow head pointing up in my panel). Such a button would have saved me quite
some time searching for the virtual desktop pager. This would also alleviate
some confusion if one plays with "remove virtual desktop" until all but one are
gone - and the pager disappears, rendering the user unable to go back.
- if all this is deemed impossible, then please preconfigure at least two
virtual desktops, such that novice users don't assume "oh, the new KDE doesn't
yet support virtual desktops, bummer!".
Here is the requested info, in case apport didn't add it already:
lsb_release -rd -----> Description: Ubuntu 15.04
apt-cache policy plasma-workspace ------>
plasma-workspace:
Installed: 4:5.2.2-0ubuntu3
Candidate: 4:5.2.2-0ubuntu3
Version table:
*** 4:5.2.2-0ubuntu3 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/universe amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: plasma-workspace 4:5.2.2-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-28.30-generic 3.19.8-ckt5
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-28-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.4
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Fri Sep 18 20:11:55 2015
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/plasmashell
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-09-25 (1088 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64
(20120423)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: plasma-workspace
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-09-16 (2 days ago)
** Affects: plasma-workspace (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug vivid
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Virtual desktop pager configuration confusing
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