Now Dock Plasmoid

Source (link to git-repo or to original if based on someone elses unmodified work): https://github.com/psifidotos/nowdock-plasmoid

Score 81.8%

Description:

Now Dock development is deprecated!!!!

All the new efforts have moved to Latte Dock!!! ;)
the following days there will be announcements and info about the new kid in the block!!!

GitHub: https://github.com/psifidotos/Latte-Dock/
KDE Store: https://store.kde.org/p/1169519/

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All New Versions will be included inside the Now Dock Panel at:

https://store.kde.org/p/1154578/

Last changelog:

v0.4.0 2 years ago

-- plasma 5.8 fixes
-- player buttons in menu
-- set activities for a task
-- fixes in animations
-- add window options

J_VM
3 years ago

Hello, I am using plasma 5.8 and I cannot get the transparency script to work....it creates another theme but it is not transparent. It happened the same when I had plasma 5.7. Any tips? thank you

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Psifidotos
3 years ago

You must disable the following Desktop Effects:
- Blur
- Background Contrast

If this does not work, which theme are u using?

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J_VM
3 years ago

It worked!! thank you for such a quick reply!!!

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Psifidotos
3 years ago

;)

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Menant
3 years ago

Plasmoid works well under Plasma 5.8 here :)

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Psifidotos
3 years ago

I mean not working....

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Psifidotos
3 years ago

u are right ! :)
there are some features now working though, e.g. dropping a launcher from outside and screen filtering,but both of them will be fixed in version 0.4 ...

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lucaslima
3 years ago

Really nice work! For me, it still has some issues, like the not-so-smooth width resizing of the panel, and lacking the window management options like the plasma task manager, but I'm very interested on how the project evolves. Thank you for your work.

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Psifidotos
3 years ago

thank u @lucaslima,

for "not-so-smooth width resizing of the panel" actually this is based on the plasma panel implementation and I havent found a way to overcome it... This is why I am setting alsmost a double panel width in order not to need to resize itself

for "window management options" are you referring to "minimize, maximize etc.", I didnt include them in order to not clutter the menu choices, you can open a ticket for this in the project's github page,
https://github.com/psifidotos/nowdock-plasmoid/

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Arifmalek
3 years ago

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MichaelTunnell
3 years ago

I know this widget doesn't support Plasma 5.8 yet but just wanted to say I am looking forward to using this so thanks for your efforts.

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Psifidotos
3 years ago

in a few days I will switch to Plasma 5.8 in order to prepare and bake 0.4 versions... ;)
I hope only that my system's upgrade from Plasma 5.7 to 5.8 in going to be a smooth one in order not to lose days in that...

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yield65
3 years ago

My error:
Error loading QML file: file:///home/myuser/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kdelook.nowdock/contents/ui/main.qml:9:1: module "org.kde.taskmanager" is not installed

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Psifidotos
3 years ago

Now Dock needs at least Plasma >= 5.7, you probably use lower version...

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FallenX
3 years ago

I've got an error:

Error loading QML file: file:///home/pump/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kdelook.nowdock/contents/ui/main.qml:169:9: Cannot assign to non-existent property "screen"

P.S.
>$ plasmashell --version
plasmashell 5.7.90

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Psifidotos
3 years ago

I suppose you are using master from plasma...
There is a change probably in the new libtaskmanager...
I dont know yet... I will use 5.8 when it is published..

the specific line is used only for filtering tasks by screen. If you dont use a second screen you can temporarily comment that line by using
//
in the beginning of that line in main.qml file

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gzu
3 years ago

This is really starting to look good Michail.
A good successor to my old favourites kooldock and ksmoothdock.
Is there any information on how to use the now dock panel?
I can add the widget to the desktop OR to another standard plasma5 panel but I'm not
sure how to use the now dock panel.
Any suggestions?

Thanks...

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Psifidotos
3 years ago

thanks gzu...

how to use the Now Dock Panel:

- you install from master branch the Now Dock Plasmoid, https://github.com/psifidotos/nowdock-plasmoid

- you install from master branch the Now Dock Panel,
https://github.com/psifidotos/nowdock-panel

to install them you can use for each "plasmapkg2 -i" or "plasmapkg2 -u" for update. For Plasma a panel is just a plasmoid with special behavior.

After that you Unlock your Widgets and in you "Add Panel" list there is a record called "Empty Now Dock Panel",

that's all ... The Now Dock Panel is just a Plasma panel and uses fully its infrastructure...

Tips:
1. If you download the master branch for Now Dock Panel you can simply install it with the command:
plasmapkg2 - i nowdock-panel-master.zip

2, If you download the master branch for Now Dock Plasmoid you can can simply update it with the command:
plasmapkg2 -i nowdock-plasmoid-master.zip

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Psifidotos
3 years ago

* small typing error,
2, If you download the master branch for Now Dock Plasmoid you can can simply update it with the command:
plasmapkg2 -u nowdock-plasmoid-master.zip

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gzu
3 years ago

Thanks Michail, got it working with tranparent "oxygen South" panel.
Some applications like in my case firefox when "Show a launcher when not running" is selected just leaves a blank space/icon.
I think you are working on drag and drop to re-order the launchers, I think ksmoothdock had an option for move left/right (up/down).
It would be good to fefine a custom icon for a launcher.
Keep up the good work.

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Psifidotos
3 years ago

Happy to hear!

1) Dragging an item to rearrange them has been implemented but you need to have your widgets locked in order to work

2) the blank space for firefox happens all the time? If you open a firefox window and then close it, does the firefox launcher is still blank?

3) define a custom icon for a launcher is a feature request? open in the github page please: https://github.com/psifidotos/nowdock-plasmoid/issues... To be honest I dont know if this feature is needed....

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gzu
3 years ago

Hi
First image with Firefox open before "Show a launcher when not running" is selected.
Second image after and Firefox is closed.

http://postimg.org/gallery/th03uhv0

Thanks.

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Psifidotos
3 years ago

Ohhh! It is not showing at all!

BTW, I like a lot your panel!! :)

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gzu
3 years ago

Managed to fix my firefox icon problem by switching icon theme the reverting back to original icon set.

It's possible to customise icons by editing the .desktop file.

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Psifidotos
3 years ago

Nice to hear!! In the following version, the icon mechanism-internals has been updated a lot... So I believe that these issues will not appear any more...

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v0.4.0 2 years ago

-- plasma 5.8 fixes
-- player buttons in menu
-- set activities for a task
-- fixes in animations
-- add window options

v0.3.2 3 years ago

-- localization support and translations
-- small bug fixes

v0.3.1 3 years ago

--nice animation for active/inactive window change
--improve click animation for zoom factor 1.0

v0.3.0 3 years ago

-- support different launchers per activity
-- window previews
-- highlight windows
-- anchor your plasmoid wherever you want in order to provide proper zoom animation
-- visual indicator for tasks progress (e.g. copying files)
-- change infrastructure for icons in order to solve many issues with old implementation and provide no blurred icons always
-- configure animation duration
-- work smoothly with Now Dock Panel(0.3)
-- support Plasma 5.8

v0.2.2 3 years ago

-- improved memory usage
-- new default panel theme based on plasma's theme
-- created transparenter python application
-- animated startup sequence
-- various small fixes all around

v0.2.1t 3 years ago

--upload the trasparent panel script and gui for public usage

v0.2.1 3 years ago

--small fixes in colors and calculations

v0.2.0 3 years ago

-- support for dragging and drag n. drop (create launchers from outside)
-- improved icons appearance (fixed the small blurring) more sharpness
-- three different colors can be shown if the user wants to for (minimized, active, just shown) windows
-- the design of the line and dots has been merged in a single way to handle this visually,
in that way the design is simpler and more space is gained.