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Looking at those screenshots of modernization work for Digital Clock, Dictionary, etc I realized you guys sometimes use :cross_mark: for removing an item as well as trash bin icon. I’m not sure which one is considered “modern” one, but one thing is I know is that the Japanese use :cross_mark: symbol as a wrong answer mark, and :hollow_red_circle: for a correct answer. :cross_mark: is also used as a confirmation mark in many countries which doesn’t help at all too. So I guess to avoid ambiguity it is better to get rid of :cross_mark: icon as a deletion mark throughout Plasma. Minus and trash bin signs are more universal.

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This “run using dedicated card”, will it work in case of discrete GPU running connected via Thunderbolt or Oculink?

@Hein

I really hope there won’t be a Windows-like “line” highlight/tint. To me, it also takes too much attention and will be distracting when many new apps appear. Also, I think @broulik point that it’s not very descriptive applies here as well, meaning that highlight will probably be recognisable/familiar mostly to old-school Windows users. So if we have to choose among non-descriptive options, I’d vote for a more compact one :slight_smile:

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I don’t know much about external GPUs, but for what it’s worth - the function of that checkbox is to set the PrefersNonDefaultGPU flag in the .desktop file, based on the XDG specs - Recognized desktop entry keys | Desktop Entry Specification. If setting that flag manually works, then this new checkbox would work as well :slight_smile:

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Thanks for the tips! You’re correct on both points

  1. I’ve disabled System Tray “Notifications” item, removed existing “Notifications” widgets and added a new one. notify-send -p "test" generated notification message on the edge near the widget!
  2. With ~/.config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc editing I’ve managed to add keyboard shortcut.

We could add it back and rename it to “Configure Shortcut” or similar. Feel free to open a thread or issue about this.

That would be great. I’ve opened issue 503440 with some details.

I might be too late to it, but another thing that can be added is:

  • In case of a multimonitor system, if the fullscreen application is on the non-primary screen, it should be fine to display notifications on the primary screen.
  • In case the fullscreen application is on the primary screen, the notifications can be shown on a non-primary screen having the notifications widget (either directly in a panel or in the system tray)
  • In case the Notifications, desktop widget is being used on a non-primary monitor, with a fullscreen application on the primary monitor, prefer to update that widget (maybe with a scroll or a highlight effect), instead of a popup.