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Kickoff redesign: UI/UX discussion

Continued in !258 (merged)

Kickoff has been totally overhauled. 🎉 The code is very WIP and will be refactored

Right now I'd like feedback on functionality and UX.

Features/issues

New:

  • Double pane UI
  • Keyboard nav has been overhauled
  • Power buttons are shown in a row
  • Tons of spaghetti code including mutilation of app list into 2

What works:

  • Navigation with keyboard + plus mouse
  • Repositioning in different corners + RTL
  • Search
  • All the stuff that was in kickoff
  • locales

How to test without compiling the desktop

  1. rename X-KDE-PluginInfo-Name in .desktop to org.kde.plasma.kickoff2

  2. kpackagetool5 -t Plasma/Applet --install /path/to/desktop/file/but/not/file/itself/

  3. plasmoidviewer --applet org.kde.plasma.kickoff2 or add plasmoid to panel

Screenshots/Videos

Apps

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Places

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Search

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Edited by Mikel Johnson

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