https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=440140
            Bug ID: 440140
           Summary: Icon resize behaviour inconsistent, affecting
                    usability of unscaled high-resolution desktops
           Product: plasmashell
           Version: 5.22.3
          Platform: Neon Packages
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: k...@davidedmundson.co.uk
          Reporter: riddervancoca...@hotmail.com
                CC: plasma-b...@kde.org
  Target Milestone: 1.0

SUMMARY

KDE Plasma allows icon sizes to be set for the 'Toolbar', 'Main Toolbar',
'Small Icons', 'Panel' and 'Dialogs', provided that the icon theme's
index.theme file provides the necessary information and icons in the requisite
sizes are available.

These settings have no effect, however, on the icons in

- Application Menu (and the general list of entries in the Application
Launcher);
- System Tray;
- System Settings, side bar.

They also do not affect the icons in the Dolphin side bar which - unlike other
parts of the interface - has its own icon size setting.

The user will not, likely, encounter any usability issues if they scale their
desktop using a global scale of 175% or more since at this scale all icons
should be easy to identify. However, if they set KDE Plasma to use a 100% scale
they can only set some parts of the interface to use larger icons: icons in the
system tray, for instance, will become, and remain, tiny on a standard 4K
monitor.

This behaviour is highly inconsistent - especially if one takes into
consideration that, in addition to the icons used in some parts of the
interface, fonts, title bar buttons and window frames, too, can be set to use
an appropriate size. 



STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Use a high-resolution monitor (e.g. 4K)
2. Set global scale to 100%
3. Attempt to resize icons by using the 'Configure icon sizes' menu.

OBSERVED RESULT
Inconsistent results: the size of icons used in some parts of the interface can
be changed, while icons used in other parts of the interface cannot.

EXPECTED RESULT
The size of icons in all parts of the interface can be changed.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
Linux/KDE Plasma: 
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.22.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.84.0
Qt Version: 5.15.3

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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