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Activities will get you things like: - different task bar layouts for different activities - different desktop widget layouts for different activities - you
by c-hendricks 3y ago
Activities will get you things like:
- different task bar layouts for different activities
- different desktop widget layouts for different activities
- you can associate files with activities and Dolphin has a `currentactivity://` scheme (tho I do wish this could be extended to apps. As of now if you only want an app to be in a certain activity you've got some window rules to setup)
They live in an awkward place, since virtual desktops are a Linux WM thing while activities are just a KDE plasma thing.
- account42 3y agoKDE already had per-virtual-desktop backgrounds before that feature was removed in favor of activities. There is no reason different widgets (both desktop and panel) couldn't have been added to virtual desktops instead.
- prmoustache 3y agoI am not sure what is interesting in having different task layout but feel free to educate me. As for widgets, I am still struggling to see the point of widgets (regardless of platform, it is the same for mobiles). Usually if I am in front of my computer screen, I will hace apps opened that will hide any kind if widgets. Or is it for people using 8k 120cm diagonals screens?
- c-hendricks 3y agoNot sure what's hard to imagine about different sets of icons in your taskbar. Quick example, your personal taskbar might have: - Steam - Youtube - Plex While for work you might have: - A terminal - Work chat - Work ticketing system - Your editor I'll just link to a page about Activities since I'm just rehashing them: https://docs.kde.org/stable5/en/plasma-desktop/plasma-desktop/activities-interface.html https://docs.kde.org/stable5/en/plasma-desktop/plasma-deskto...
- thrixton 3y agoThis is a step in the right direction, if someone could come up with a simple enough but extensible enough de-facto standard for multiple “profile”, our lives would be immensely enriched.