Overview Window Layout (Natural + Grid-Like)

I’d like to bring attention to a removed feature from Plasma 6.1, and my efforts to restore it:

The MR header has the related info and discussions. The long and short:

  • The Natural Layout’s cardinal point is the prioritization of placement relative to the window’s origin

  • The Grid-Like layout developed for 6.1 prioritizes placement into an optimized grid

  • These (or any other Overview/Windowheap tweaks) cannot be scripted as .js Kwin extensions. They require a full fork of Overview compiled with Kwin.

It’s not just visual, any former Present Windows workflow utilizing window positions are marred by this removal in the supposedly-superior Overview.

Huge step down, in fact. There’s no harm in providing a user option between two stable presentations. Let’s discuss!