D12462: Add support for icon-only tasks (what browsers call pinned tabs)

[Christian]

Fuchs added a comment.


  In D12462#252982 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D12462#252982>, @mart wrote:
  
  > I like the idea a lot,
  >  tough i am not sure i like the implementation: right now is kindof hortogonal to pinned tasks and gets confusing as it has a partial, but not complete overlap.
  >  I think this should just be the behavior for pinned tasks, in order to map perfectly to the workflow of browser pinned tasks (and have only one option, pin task, instead of pin task and remove text)
  
  
  Pinned tasks, right now, are bound to activities iff the amount of activities is >= 2. So these do different things  (arguably current "pin" is badly named):
  
  1. The current "pin" is based on activities, whilst my "always show only icon" is completely unrelated to activities. There are proper usecases for the former.
  2. My "always show only ucib" is only available in regular task manager, whilst current "pin" is obviously available in icon only task manager, as it is a seperate use case  ("launcher")
  
  So they can't be fusioned easily.
  
  I agree that a launcher (currently called pin) looks, when not running, almost the same as "always show only icon". The difference is the small bar on top (bottom if your panel is top), which correctly makes it look like an open window (which it is) and it's state  (active, demands attention., minimized, whatnot)
  
  I think both have valid use cases and potentially both are needed, but maybe they could both be polished a bit so they are aptly named and look and act distinguishable.

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