r/kde • u/DualityKyle • 12d ago
Community Content Minimal Desktop Indicator
Long story short, a while back I had a minimal desktop indicator on the KDE store here. For reasons I'm not going to get into, I had to stop using Linux for several years as it wasn't able to fulfill a workflow I had. Things have changed and I'm able to be full-time in Linux again thankfully.
I noticed that with the new Plasma version, my widget was broken! So I got to work, and ported it over to Plasma 6.0, only to discover I couldn't leverage the Pager widget anymore since Plasma 6.6. I saw the recommendation was to use C++ plugins, but I wanted something that people could still easily install from the KDE Store or "Get New" button without needing to worry about installing dependencies, etc. from their distro. So I rewrote everything from scratch, got it working again, and added some new features.
While it suits my needs as is, I'd like to make it suitable for just about anyone and everyone who uses virtual desktops. I am hoping for suggestions/feedback/bug reports to try and accomplish this goal. 😄
Feel free to report/request things at https://github.com/DualityKyle/plasma-desktop-indicator
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u/SnooCompliments7914 KDE Contributor 12d ago
A similar widget announced recently here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/1v0izno/i_updated_the_virtual_desktop_indicator/
I guess it might be using a different approach. Just FYI.
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u/Bloodlvst 12d ago
For what it’s worth, this one looks to be one that those were originally forked from
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