KDE 4 Pager doesn't show desktop names

Rex Dieter rdieter at math.unl.edu
Tue Apr 22 14:54:34 UTC 2008


Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:

> The pager (in the KDE panel) has the option of showing the desktop
> numbers or not, but has no option for showing the desktop names, even
> though these exist and are usable via the 'To Desktop' menu item (upper
> left widget on each window). This is a significant usability bug IMHO. I
> use 6 desktops, each with its set of windows, and want to be able to
> move quickly from one to the other without having to think "oh yes, mail
> is on desktop 4, or was it 5?"
> 
> Speaking of 'To Desktop', I'd love this to be the *first* item on the
> widget menu, not the third. On KDE it was the second but now we have the
> 'Opacity' thing getting in the way. In my personal experience, 'To
> Desktop' is the most commonly selected item on this menu, by a ratio of
> about 1000 to 1 (I'm not exaggerating much). It should be the easiest
> one to select.
> 
> (Feel free to ignore the latter point if this isn't the appropriate
> list.)

both of these are worthy of mentioning @ bugs.kde.org

-- Rex




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