[plasmashell] [Bug 428096] clock time zone lock/login screen

[Gauthier]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=428096

--- Comment #5 from Gauthier <g.guerin at posteo.net> ---
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #4)
> Aha!
> 
> That's not actually how you change the system timezone. That feature is
> intended to be a quick peek at another timezone just in the clock applet; to
> truly change the timezone systemwide, you need to go to System Settings >
> Regional Settings > Date & Time and do it there. When you do that, does the
> time zone in the lock and login screens change appropriately?

Ok now I feel rather stupid for not having thought of that as when changing
time zone with system settings it works well as intended! Thanks for looking
into this.

I would say that for people who only have one clock widget (many I imagine), it
isn't a very intuitive behaviour that when setting another time zone on the
clock itself (say by using the mouse wheel) it does not propagate elsewhere (to
login screen etc.). The clock on the panel is the obvious place to go if you
want to...well...change the time! I know you can also change the system time
from the clock widget by opening clock settings and clicking on "change
regional settings" but this is under the "appearance" section and the eyes get
drown towards the Time Zone button on the left when you want to change the
time.
So for those with only one clock I'd say the feature you describe (quick pick)
is best implemented when you click on the clock, the calendar drops down and we
can see several time zones on the right hand side (as it currently does). But
when the user actual set a particular time zone as the time showing on the
clock, "I think" it should propagate as the system time, etc.

Now of course that doesn't work if you have several clock widget present to
display different time zones all the time. So clock widget would need a button
that says "set the time showing on this clock as the default system time" so
the time shown on that clock propagate as system time.

Or maybe just as a small improvement I'd move the "Change Regional Settings..."
button from the Appearance to the Time Zone section so it's clearer that Time
Zone on here do not relate to the system time (and even rename the "Change
Regional Settings..." button to "Change System Time Zone..." and make it direct
by default to the "Date & Time" section of the setting instead of "Formats").

Anyway these are just observations to inform possible UX improvements, they're
not request.

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