configurable tile size and tile area width

[basel-shishani]

This is a feature request. It would be nice to have the tile square unit size adjustable (in pixels) in the applet config. At the moment the fixed (relatively large) tile size means control for the size of an individual task launcher (based on tile units) is very course.

Also, it would be nice to have the width of the tile area configurable in terms of the number of tiles. For example the user can set the tiled area to be 9 tiles in width and so on. At the moment there's only two settings, the preset 6 tiles, and the full screen, which is too course a control.

Regards.

[Zren]

At the moment there's only two settings, the preset 6 tiles, and the full screen, which is too course a control.

If you hover the corner edge, there's a tooltip that says to use Alt+RightClick+Drag to resize the popup. This lets you resize to however many tiles wide, and however tall (in pixels) you want the menu.

At the moment the fixed (relatively large) tile size means control for the size of an individual task launcher (based on tile units) is very course.

The default tile is a 2x2 tile. You can make a tile 1x1 by right clicking a tile and editing it.

If you reaaaally want to scale all the tiles, I have a hidden config option for it (I forget the last time I tested it so there's "no warranty").

In ~/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids/com.github.zren.tiledmenu/contents/config/main.xml, change the tileScale default from 0.8 to 0.6 or something.

To test your change, run killall plasmashell; kstart5 plasmashell to restart the panel.

[basel-shishani]

Thanks. So the tiling area size issue is resolved, but a visual indicator would make it more accessible. I'm aware of adjusting the tile grid config per single task tile, but I'll check the scaling parameter. Cheers.

[JoshuaCWebDeveloper]

Not sure it warrants a separate issue or not, but it would be great if that hidden tileScale config option were made more accessible. It is exactly what I had been searching for!