[Konsole-devel] [Bug 162326] Ability to define separate window and tab title formats

[Ahmad Samir]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=162326





--- Comment #38 from Ahmad Samir <ahmadsamir3891 gmail com>  2012-02-22 14:02:15 ---
(In reply to comment #37)
> (In reply to comment #35)
> > Hello. After those changes, "- Konsole" is appended to window title in the
> > titlebar whether "Show window title on the titlebar" is enabled or disabled.
> 
> Yes, that's intentional as mentioned in the review request. The rationale:
> 

Sorry about that; I should have read the review request more carefully.

> 1). Be consistent with other KDE applications
> 

[...]

> 2). The "- Konsole" suffix could be useful for some users. See bug 179142
> comment #5 for a use case.
> 

(that looks like a specific/non-default use case).

> 3). KDE3 konsole had it, too. OK, this is just an excuse :)
> 
> It does make the titlebar a little more crowded and might be a distraction.
> However, I think its impact is limited since it appears at the end instead of
> the start .... Of course, that is just my personal feeling(remember I do not
> notice or even show the titlebar in daily work), so I'm fine with reverting the
> change if enough users dislike it or convince me the benefit dose not pay off.
> 

I guess you'll find out when the new code is deployed in the next stable KDE
release (4.8.1 or next) :)

> Side note: 
> 
> The complete titlebar format in KDE3 konsole was: "window title - tab title -
> Konsole". Quite crowded.

Ouch... however I can't say I noticed that in KDE3 (I didn't use it that long
before the first KDE4 stable release came out and I switched to it).

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