[kde] [Bug 488139] Plasma Desktop Auto-Rotate linked to "Touch Mode"

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https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=488139

--- Comment #2 from m1vri31c at duck.com ---
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)
> Just uncheck the "only when in tablet mode" checkbox that appears under the
> radio button marked "Automatic".

For clarity, are you referring to "Touch Mode"? The options I see are: 
• Automatically enable as needed
• Always enabled (I assume this is the option you are referring to)
• Never enabled
"Always enabled" forces autorotate on, but it also makes the certain parts of
the UI large and touch friendly, which is the issue I am bringing up – there is
no way to access autorotate without also making certain elements of the UI
large. Linking these two features (large UI and autorotate) seems arbitrary and
causes problems.

It is also more difficult than it should be to manually disable autorotate if
you want to temporarily prevent it from switching orientations accidentally
while using it handheld. This requires navigating through System Settings to
disable Touch Mode, and then you lose your larger UI. 

A dedicated easily accessible autorotate toggle is ubiquitous on tablets, and
pretty standard for desktop OSes that may be run on tablets and 2-in-1s – both
Windows and Gnome have this feature (and I'm sure others), with Windows putting
it in the "Action Center" in the taskbar; I suggested putting it in the system
tray somewhere, a pretty similar solution. 

Maybe I should have submitted this as a feature request rather than a bug?

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