https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=491185
Bug ID: 491185
Summary: Not Enough Top-Padding of Settings Menu's Top-Most
Sidebar Item
Classification: Plasma
Product: plasmashell
Version: 6.1.3
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: plasma-b...@kde.org
Reporter: eamonn...@protonmail.com
CC: k...@davidedmundson.co.uk
Target Milestone: 1.0
Created attachment 172223
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Digital Clock Settings - Existing Padding (2 Pixels)
SUMMARY
The padding at the top of Settings Menus which use the rounded "floating"
highlight (such as the Digital Clock Settings page) does not have enough
padding, so the selection and icon on the item itself look too close to the
titlebar. This does not apply to Settings pages which use the "filled" styling
such as Gwenview's Settings page.
On the "floating" highlight panels, there is a padding of 4 pixels on the left
and the right of the highlighted / hovered item in the sidebar. Between each
element, the spacing between the selected item in the sidebar and the hover
selection is 6 pixels (this gives good visual separation so that's fine imo).
However at the top of the menu, there is only 2 pixels of a gap. To me, this
stands out a lot and looks as though something is "cut off". It results in
slightly poor visual polish because the spacing at the top is too little so
it's too close to the titlebar. Even when not highlighted or hovered, the icon
looks too close to the titlebar itself.
The amount that the padding spacing should be adjusted by is subjective I
think, but in my own messings-around, I think adjusting it so that there are
4-5 pixels of padding from the top of the titlebar to the selection highlight
is the sweet spot.
- 3 pixels seems like too little
- 6 pixels seems like way too much, then the problem becomes that there is
noticeably *too much* spacing!
- 4 pixels makes this even with the padding on the left and right, which makes
me favour it, but it doesn't look like enough still. However it could be chosen
because it is symmetrical with the sides.
- 5 pixels, although fully inconsistent with everything else, just "looks
right" to my tastes.
I have attached a screenshot of how the Digital Clock Settings page looks right
now, and I will attach follow-up screenshots of the padding size increased to
be 4 pixels (consistent with the left/right padding), 5 pixels (totally
inconsistent, but the one that looks best to my tastes), and 6 pixels
(consistent with the padding between the spacing of selected/hovered items, but
inconsistent with the left/right padding).
The value chosen at the end of the day is going to be heavily subjective, but I
think the fact that the current padding is noticeably thin is a bit
less-subjective.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open a settings menu with a sidebar equivalent to that of the Digital Clock
Settings page.
2. The top-most sidebar item does not have enough padding so it appears too
close to the titlebar.
OBSERVED RESULT
Settings menu with a sidebar equivalent to that of the Digital Clock Settings
page has noticeably reduced top-most padding so it is too close to the
titlebar. The padding is only 2 pixels and increasing it would improve visual
polish.
EXPECTED RESULT
There should be more of a gap between the top-most item in the sidebar and the
titlebar. Approximately 2-3 pixels of an increase, bringing the padding up to
4-5 pixels from the titlebar to the highlighted selection, is what my untrained
eye personally prefers.
It is subjective what improvement is best, but I feel it can be agreed that, if
nothing else, the current 2-pixel padding is noticeable without pixel-peeping.
Maybe there is disagreement that it doesn't look good, maybe this is fully
intended, it just seems visually-off to me.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.4.0
Qt Version: 6.7.2
Kernel Version: 6.10.2-zen1-1-zen (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core Processor
Memory: 31.3 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
* This doesn't affect all Settings pages, only the ones as described. It is
also not exclusive to the one described, this is just the one I was in most
recently. It affects all pages I have seen with this style of sidebar.
* I don't want this to come off as a troll report or looking for problems, this
catches my eye each time I see a settings page like this. While obviously there
are *far* more pressing items to deal with and this would be at the bottom of
even the "wishlist" issues, Plasma 6 has made major strides in improving visual
polish and consistency. I feel like this could be another step in the right
direction - improving the UI element rounding in a recent Plasma 6 update to be
more consistent was a *huge* improvement, it's been fixed for a while and I
still feel really happy when I see those more rounded buttons.
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