[PLASMA 5] Folder widget: spacing between icons

[rybnik]

In previous releases, the Folder/folderview widget was much more space-efficient. For this widget, I always set the size of the icons to the smallest setting, but now that doesn't help much because of the absurd amount of space between each icon in this widget. (e.g. here) Surely this is configurable? Or will be?

[OneLine]

Wishes & Ideas & DIY

Folder widget: spacing between icons

...Surely this is configurable? Or will be?...

You could send ideas to the KDE Brainstorm: https://forum.kde.org/viewforum.php?f=83
and to the KDE 'Visual Design Group': https://forum.kde.org/viewforum.php?f=285
and you could add a wish to the KDE bug report system - an example: Bug 344178 - Wish for optional configuration for vertical list of folders: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=344178


Meanwhile

/usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.desktopcontainment/contents/ui/FolderView.qml has cellWidth and cellHeight:

                cellWidth: iconSize + (4 * units.largeSpacing)
                cellHeight: (iconSize + (theme.mSize(theme.defaultFont).height * plasmoid.configuration.textLines)
                    + (3 * units.smallSpacing) + (2 * units.largeSpacing))

editing a bit and restarting the plasma (*) or simlply log out log in:




(*) plasma restart:

kquitapp5 plasmashell
plasmashell

[Teunis]

I've never used it, always used QuickLaunch instead.
And so far QuickLaunch is not available for Plasma5 so I did look at the Folder view widget and it's In My Humble Opinion totally useless.
Now I'm using a global shortcut Meta+D to launch Dolphin and am hoping QuickLaunch comes back.

PS,

Just saw OneLine's as usual very insightful post but this doesn't address the fact this widget lacks the essential option to expand folders.

[rybnik]

thanks, OneLine. As it turns out, though, the file /usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.desktopcontainment/contents/ui/FolderView.qml is non-existent on my system.

I'm hesitant to file a bug report, though, as this functionality was there in previous releases. As Teunis noted, some widgets aren't ported to Plasma 5 yet. And I would add that others, such as Folder, are just not as good as they were in the last Plasma version.

[oshunluvr]

thanks, OneLine. As it turns out, though, the file /usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.desktopcontainment/contents/ui/FolderView.qml is non-existent on my system.

I'm hesitant to file a bug report, though, as this functionality was there in previous releases. As Teunis noted, some widgets aren't ported to Plasma 5 yet. And I would add that others, such as Folder, are just not as good as they were in the last Plasma version.

Interesting, as I, after reading this thread, went into that file and edited as oneline suggested with the expected results. Maybe you're experiencing not-a-bug but rather an install issue?

[OneLine]

Plasma version ?

As it turns out, though, the file /usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.desktopcontainment/contents/ui/FolderView.qml is non-existent on my system.

At here plasma 5.3 - The plasma (5.2.2) from the Ubuntu repositories has - http://packages.ubuntu.com/vivid/plasma-desktop-data:




Backporting things

There is the (K)Ubuntu backports: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports
but: http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2015/05/21...el.html#t13:39

BluesKaj is plasma 5.3 in the regular kubuntu-backports yet or is the ppa still needed ? 13:39
...
yofel BluesKaj: PPA, it won't get into backports 14:14

Plasma 5.3 for the Kubuntu 15.04: http://www.kubuntu.org -> http://www.kubuntu.org/news/plasma-5.3

[rybnik]

Interesting, as I, after reading this thread, went into that file and edited as oneline suggested with the expected results. Maybe you're experiencing not-a-bug but rather an install issue?

Quite possible. That would explain some other things too.

I did this install from a liveUSB that I made with LiLi from a windows machine. I confirmed the md5sum before running LiLi.

EDIT: Nope, the file was also missing on other installs.