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

Greta Watson greta_watson at stanfordalumni.org
Mon Sep 24 23:17:24 UTC 2012


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

Greta Watson <greta_watson at stanfordalumni.org> changed:

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--- Comment #42 from Greta Watson <greta_watson at stanfordalumni.org> ---
(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:
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> Side note: 
> 
> The complete titlebar format in KDE3 konsole was: "window title - tab title
> - Konsole". Quite crowded.

It was so nice to not have the "Konsole" word in the title.  I hate that it is
back.  I wish there were a way to make it optional, so those of us who hate it
don't have to see it.  I use %u : %D, and that's all I want to see in the title
bar.

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