[Bug 688173] Re: Widget / Plasmoid "Quicklaunch" does not longer support launch icons in 2 rows?

[Joe Merten]

BTW: It would be nice if there was the possibility to set an own
background for the Quicklaunch widget, e.g. an alpha transparent color,
bitmap picture or just full tranzparency. (Ok, that's more or less a
feature request).

I'm professional software developer for about 30 years (also C and C++ but no QT knowledge).
Had doing some work on StarOffice over 10 years.
Is there a short and compact tutorial on how to modify and compile a plasmoid widget?
So I may spend some hours of my time to make some Kubuntu things better.

Joe (www.jme.de)

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: kdebase-workspace
  
  Using Kubuntu 10.04, tested both on a real machine and in a VirtualBox.
  From Kubuntu 9.04 til 10.04, I use the "Quicklaunch" plasmoid to start some of my favorite applications.
  I'd configured Quicklaunch to show them in a matrix of 2 rows by 4 columns and it was very nice to see it in it's compact layout without textual captions and nearby zero pixels of spacing between the icons.
  Now, since Kubuntu 10.10, the options dialog of "Quicklaunch" was castrated to just 2 flags.
  The possibility to arrange the starter icons in such a elegant layout is gone.
  Getting 2 rows seems only possible by
  1. resizing the widget and having very small icons or
  2. checking "Show icon names" what also results in enormous icon spacing.
  
  Lancelot and Folder View are also no appropriate alternatives to 10.04's
  Quicklaunch.
  
  The attached screenshot shows the appearence in Kubuntu 10.04 and 10.10.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
  Package: plasma-desktop 4:4.5.1-0ubuntu8
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-23.41-generic 2.6.35.7
  Uname: Linux 2.6.35-23-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Thu Dec  9 18:02:02 2010
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/plasma-desktop
  ProcEnviron:
-  LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
-  SHELL=/bin/bash
+  LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
+  SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: kdebase-workspace

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Title:
  Widget / Plasmoid "Quicklaunch" does not longer support launch icons in 2 rows?