Latte Dock

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Source (link to git-repo or to original if based on someone elses unmodified work): https://phabricator.kde.org/source/latte-dock/

Score 85.3%

Description:

Latte is a dock based on plasma frameworks that provides an elegant and intuitive experience for your tasks and plasmoids. It animates its contents by using parabolic zoom effect and trys to be there only when it is needed.

"Art in Coffee"

Author: psifidotos

CHANGELOG
https://phabricator.kde.org/source/latte-dock/browse/master/CHANGELOG.md

Last changelog:

Version 0.9.1 16 days ago

* improve: when preview windows left click action is used then for single windows is just activating them without triggering the preview window
* improve: consider the case when a horizontal and a vertical Latte dock/panel are touching each other and the vertical one is isBusy desktop background case, in such case the horizontal view is also changing to isBusy state
* fix: blurred icons for items size that should not be blurred e.g. 48px and >=64px
* fix: geometries calculation under !compositing environment
* fix: forward pressed/released event to applets even when parabolic effect is enabled. The issue was pretty obvious with lock/logout plasma applet
* fix: update progress badge properly
* fix: tasks icons pixelization when are dragged
* fix: wayland, show preview window for grouped tasks when clicked

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jcmljunior
1 month ago

Behavior
Screenshot: (Chrome App)[http://pt-br.tinypic.com/view.php?pic=ibdgjk&s=9]

Screenshot: (Google Chrome)[http://pt-br.tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2d17aed&s=9]

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mk-wyzp
2 months ago

Is there any way to change the notification "Show progress information for tasks" design/style ?

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Psifidotos
1 month ago

unfortunately currently there is not

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no1cares
2 months ago

9 9 excellent

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jcmljunior
2 months ago

Please add an option to change the background color for each panel.
If possible it would be interesting to use images as background.
Thank you

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Luc484
3 months ago

9 +

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donbcilly
3 months ago

You know what a great thing to have would be?
Intercepting the docked applications so the don't show in the taskbar *and* the dock.
We can make them _not_ show in the bar by forcing "skip taskbar" in the window settings, but that makes them disappear from the dock too.

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Psifidotos
3 months ago

Latte supports Filter by launchers and shows tasks only from the assigned launchers in the dock, I don't know if that would help you

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donbcilly
3 months ago

Well, I don't know if that would either ;·)
What I would like is: If I minimize a window for an application that _is_ in the dock, have it minimized just in the dock - not *both* the dock and the taskbar.
It's redundant, a waste of space, the taskbar minimized windows go under the dock, etc.

Now, I can tell KDE to not show them in the taskbar, but if I do that they don't show in the dock either.
Is there I way I can to that?

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Psifidotos
3 months ago

Nope

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donbcilly
3 months ago

Boohoo. Whine. Whinge...
But there must be a way _you_ can do that, right? :·)

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Psifidotos
3 months ago

no idea

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donbcilly
3 months ago

9 Very nice

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phnx47
3 months ago

9 +

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ezraravin
3 months ago

Μπράβο ψηφιδωτέ, εξαιρετική δουλειά και χαίρομαι που βλέπω Έλληνες στην εμπροσθοφυλακή της linux κοινότητας! Αγγλιστί στο εξής, για να καταλαβαίνουν και οι υπόλοιποι.

I have been using latte for some weeks now and I think it's worth taking a look at some issues I've experienced, all probably directly or indirectly related to latte:

1. After booting my PC, I always notice a black horizontal line flickering only once just above latte dock; it's not too important and it only happens when my mouse interacts with the dock for the first time, but it kind of breaks the immersion.

2. Whenever my PC returns from suspension, graphical issues are apparent all over the desktop, as described in this old thread I found (https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=111&t=143112&p=408101&hilit=latte+graphics+reset#p408101). Graphical bugs, KDE's desktop effects all disabled, latte dock's background and animations resetting and, if I recall correctly, locked in the settings. It forces me to restart just to get everything normal again and is certainly a very annoying issue.

3. Latte also seems to have interfered with KDE's notifications system. I removed the Plasma panel and only use latte dock because I like the cleaner look. Here's what happens: notifications appear differently, with a different layout, and they show up in the top right corner, whereas plasma displays them in the bottom right corner by default. What is more peculiar though is that the first notification that appears after booting, hangs Firefox for ~20 seconds. Just the first one though. This bug was reported on bugzilla by only one other user, also unfixed (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1424344). Enabling plasma's panel seems to fix the issue.

I hope my descriptions of the bugs I encountered are concrete enough. Let me know what you think.

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Psifidotos
3 months ago

thank u!

1. I havent found a way to solve this under X11, wayland does not appear such issue. From an old communication with kwin developers the fault was on X11 implementation
2. You are using NVidia proprietary driver. This affects all Plasma/Qt stack and it is not only Latte related. News say that it should be fixed with Qt 5.13+ Plasma 5.16
3. Plasma systray -> Right Click, Notifications -> Configure Notifications it gives you a way to set the notifications position

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matter-of-course
4 months ago

9 +Hands down the best dock available right now for Linux. If development, features and polish continue, it might soon give MacOS' dock a run for its money!

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Psifidotos
3 months ago

Thank u! BTW Which Latte version are you using?

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matter-of-course
3 months ago

I'm using version 0.8.7 on an installation of KDE over an Ubuntu MATE 18.04, that only allows as far as Plasma 5.12 even with Kubuntu backports. Latte works great so far!

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Psifidotos
3 months ago

I am asking because if this is your opinion for v0.8 I can't imagine what will be for upcoming v0.9

You can watch some videos for Latte Git version at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRRvyQfbrRtpVtJBtmoe4NA?app=desktop

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matter-of-course
3 months ago

It looks more and more polished with every new feature. Good work!

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matter-of-course
4 months ago

Is there an option to display the dock in 3D perspective with its content on top, like MacOS' dock used to have in Leopard? If there is, how could I enable it? Great software, by the way!

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Psifidotos
3 months ago

Unfortunately not, it is a design decision in order to follow Plasma design and themes

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matter-of-course
3 months ago

Bummer! Thanks for replying, though. Keep up the good work!

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yngvar
4 months ago

Can i change top panel shadow color? It possible? Or can i add line instead shadow?
https://i.ibb.co/ZgSKT5Q/Screenshot-20190414-132823.png

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Version 0.9.1 16 days ago

Version 0.9.0 23 days ago

* Smart Coloring
--maximum contrast with desktop background when needed
--use active or touching window color scheme to paint dock/panel contents
--use reverse colors from plasma theme, meaning dark plasma themes can provide also whitish docks/panels
* Self-packaged Indicators that can be installed from kde store
* Live Editing Mode to inspect your settings changes immediately
* Flexible window layout for settings
* Shared Layouts under Multiple Layouts Environments
* Improve badges experience and layout
* Enhanced Active Window experience, drag/maximize/restore active window from empty areas
* Track "LastActiveWindow" at per screen/activity and inform applets
* Support scrolling for Latte Tasks plasmoid
* Independent multi-screen dynamic background and identify "busy" backgrounds
* Outline option for background
* plenty more fixes and improvements all over the place

Version 0.8.9 1 month ago

* fix: show notifications applet when in Latte (for plasma >= 5.16)

Version 0.8.8 4 months ago

* fix: multi-screen, unload properly explicit screen docks when its screen
is not available any more

update to v0.8.7 5 months ago

* fix: Show dock properly on first startup. New users where trying Latte but
it was reported that something broke during updates and on first startup
Latte was not appearing at all. Problem was tracked down and identified
when ~/.config/latte directory was not created properly. This is fixed now.

update to v0.8.6 6 months ago

* fix previews that broke after kde frameworks 5.55 update
* fix shortcuts behavior for applets when using "Multiple" layouts

update to v0.8.5 6 months ago

* FIX: important improvements for fillWidth(s)/Height(s) applets. Latte now
tries to use plasma panels as an example in order to provide very similar experience
with its Latte panels
* FIX: adjust Latte taskmanager in order to support new Plasma 5.15 Virtual Desktops interface
* improve: splitters positioning during startup for Justify alignment
* improve: --replace option in order to restart Latte properly for all systems
* fix: maximum length ruler behavior for Latte panels
* fix: create autostart folder when missing from user folder

update to v0.8.4 7 months ago

* FIX: restore mouse wheel action to activate your tasks that broke with v0.8.3
* FIX: support fillWidth(s)/Height(s) applets in Left/Center/Right alignments, add a plasma taskmanager to see what happens
* FIX: do not break applets order in Justify alignment when some of the applets in the layout are not found in the system
* fix: a crash that was related to grouped tasks
* fix: improve launchers synchronization between different docks/panels

update to v0.8.3 8 months ago

* FIX: support multi-screen plasmoids that use plasmoid.screenGeometry such as plasma pager, plasma taskmanagers etc. Latte did not update the plasmoid.screenGeometry value properly in previous versions
* FIX: do not crash when moving launchers that are being synced between multiple docks/panels
* FIX: make sure that launchers order between synced docks/panels is always the current one after the user has ended its dragging
* FIX: support fillWidth/Height plasmoids better (such as plasma taskmanagers), now such applets can be added for all alignments including Left/Center/Right
* FIX: do not show the warning message "Your layout file is broken" when the statement is not valid. This check validates that the containments and applets ids are unique in a layout file but the way this was implemented in the past it was returning false results in some cases

update to v0.8.2 9 months ago

* FIX: wrong placement of docks during startup for multi-screen environments
* FIX: show explicit docks automatically when their corresponding screen is added in a multi-screen environment
* fix: open files properly when dropping them on launchers
* fix: improve behavior according to Fitt's Law when shrinking panel margins
* fix: dont hide previews when hovering player buttons
* fix: update delete icons to plasma design
* fix: dont break BorderlessMaximized window default value

update to v0.8.1 11 months ago

second stable release for v0.8 branch

update to v0.8.0 1 year ago

third stable release of Latte

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one-liner 16 hours ago 9 excellent

9 excellent

stratosl Aug 07 2019 10 the best

Best. Dock. Evah.

linuxusr Jul 30 2019 10 the best

10 the best how to get same config as shown in video ..can anyone share config??

nicosariego Jul 30 2019 10 the best

I've always wanted the GNOME desktop style, with its top panel and its dock, in plasma but I've never had time to do it. This is the best way to have a dock in KDE, whatever you are looking for, it is amazing

visika Jul 29 2019 10 the best

10 the best

tobaj Jul 28 2019 10 the best

10 the best

grusta Jul 17 2019 9 excellent

9 excellent

palacio Jul 14 2019 9 excellent

9 It's terrific! I find the zoom animation a bit janky, though. The icons vibrate as the mouse is moved along the dock. Would it also be possible to configure the curve that determines the icon zoom from their distance to the pointer? I'd like a more accentuated zoom around the pointer.

filipemosca Jul 13 2019 9 excellent

9 excellent Please add a "revelation of pressure" functionality !!! All that's missing is to be perfect.

wagner_william Jun 29 2019 10 the best

10 the best

no1cares May 30 2019 9 excellent

9 excellent

Luc484 May 11 2019 9 excellent

donbcilly May 10 2019 9 excellent

Very nice

phnx47 May 07 2019 9 excellent

matter-of-course Apr 18 2019 9 excellent

+Hands down the best dock available right now for Linux. If development, features and polish continue, it might soon give MacOS' dock a run for its money!

xhydromovie Feb 18 2019 9 excellent

gcjuan Feb 17 2019 9 excellent

itsjustarumour2 Feb 15 2019 9 excellent

Thanks for all your hard work, Latte Dock just keeps on getting better and better! :-)

titanjr Feb 13 2019 9 excellent

rplanchuelo Jan 31 2019 9 excellent

zayronXIO Jan 29 2019 9 excellent

hgmtnd Jan 27 2019 9 excellent

stroum Jan 22 2019 9 excellent

domryba Jan 12 2019 9 excellent

Nim Jan 06 2019 9 excellent

+love it

azarilh Jan 03 2019 9 excellent

I love it! Q: Why my Latte is only v0.7.4 and there are no updates? I'm using official Kubuntu repos. Will it be updated with Kubuntu 19.04 or KDE Plasma 5.13?

aemstuz Dec 28 2018 3 bad

- Definitely needs more work. Placing more than one plasmoid into a dock is very annoying. You have to re-open configuration of the dock every time you want to do it. Another pain in the neck is that it does not respect already inserted panels and icon grid. Therefore, placing it near icons or panels produces mess in your desktop.