[dolphin] [Bug 488086] The UX for enabling plugins is very unintuitive

[Felix Ernst]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=488086

Felix Ernst <felixernst at kde.org> changed:

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             Status|REPORTED                    |CONFIRMED
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--- Comment #1 from Felix Ernst <felixernst at kde.org> ---
I agree with the basic issue raised in this bug report. We did have a
discussion about this in
https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/merge_requests/422 before but didn't
find a solution that everyone was happy with.

>I would suggest either renaming "Context Menu" to "Plugins"
>(or revert it to "Services" as it used to be known, or think of a
>better name than either suggestion), or splitting it into two headers
>- one specifically handling plugins, and one for handling the context menu entries.

It's IMO difficult to find a good solution here. "Context menu" as a title has
the advantage that it can be understood by many users. "Services" or "Plugins"
is a bit abstract perhaps. It is also difficult to split it into two disparate
groups because – as you pointed out – some plugins provide both changes to the
general view as well as adding context menu actions.

My idea before was to name it "Extensions" perhaps, though this doesn't really
make it clear that users should navigate here if they want to hide some action
from their context menu.

I haven't seen a solution to this yet which seems great. I'll mark this as
confirmed for now. It is definitely not ideal as it is.

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