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/

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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 0.8.9 23 days ago

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

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zayronXIO
5 months ago

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stroum
5 months ago

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domryba
6 months ago

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Nim
6 months ago

9 +love it

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azarilh
6 months ago

9 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?

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Psifidotos
6 months ago

v0.8.x is a lot better than v0.7.x family

I suppose that v0.7.x is by default officially distributed from ubuntu.

You can ask the kubuntu devs or kubuntu community how to be always up to date with plasma and Latte.
Latte current stable branch is v0.8.x that was first introduced at Summer 2018.
Latte v0.7.x was introduced back at Summer 2017

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aemstuz
6 months ago

3 - 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.

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Psifidotos
6 months ago

> Definitely needs more work.

Feel free to contribute then, source code can be found at: https://phabricator.kde.org/source/latte-dock/

> You have to re-open configuration of the dock every time you want to do it.

no you dont, it was designed in a way that this is not needed. Drag n' drop any plasmoid you want from the widgets explorer onto the dock.

> Another pain in the neck is that it does not respect already inserted panels and icon grid

Of course it does if these panels are also Latte panels. That is why in a Unity layout the left latte panel and the top latte panel are adjusting their position automatically by their own. Concerning plasma to identify external panels and docks you can blame plasma for this for not providing a way for external programs to publish their panels/docks geometries (https://phabricator.kde.org/T10172).

And as a note what you are requesting does not exist in no other DE or dock combination. Plank/Latte/Cairo Dock etc. etc... can not take into account the desktop content independent if that is Plasma,Gnome, XFCE etc. etc.

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aemstuz
6 months ago

> no you dont, it was designed in a way that this is not needed. Drag n' drop any plasmoid you want from the widgets explorer onto the dock.

In which version it was redesigned? I'm using the one in Ubuntu 18.04 repo (0.7.4). That may be the cause. Is there an official PPA for it?

> Of course it does if these panels are also Latte panels.

But I find original Plasma panels much easier to configure than Latte Dock (not only because of the issue I've mentioned). That's why I prefer them. Also the icon grid is not a Latte panel so it will never fit into it.

> Concerning plasma to identify external panels and docks you can blame plasma for this for not providing a way for external programs to publish their panels/docks geometries

Okay, I see it is not Latte Dock developers fault. But for me, as a user, it's a missing feature.

> And as a note what you are requesting does not exist in no other DE or dock combination.

That means each of them needs work.

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Psifidotos
6 months ago

> In which version it was redesigned? I'm using the one in Ubuntu 18.04 repo (0.7.4)

this is a very old version. You must ask your distro packagers or users how to obtain a new one. Latte stable version is v0.8.3 and v0.8 branch has improved so many things compared to v0.7 ... I think @rikmills provides updated packages for Latte dock in Ubuntu but you must use the backport plasma repo... Your distro community members is the best place to ask for this.

you can read more at: http://psifidotos.blogspot.com/2018/07/latte-dock-v08-friendly-smile.html

> That means each of them needs work.

of course but that also means that each and every one of the members of the open source community, users/bug reporters/developers should help is such tasks. Latte is actually developed by one man for the last two years, and that would be me. Better experience needs more people to help... ;)

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eugenebecker
7 months ago

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zakariakov
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digitalone
7 months ago

3 - It's awful. Difficult to configure, I can't managed to add my preferred applications and remove the watch that I don't need.

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Psifidotos
6 months ago

> I can't managed to add my preferred applications and remove the watch that I don't need.

To add applications drag n' drop them an application launcher or from krunner OR right click the window in the taskmanager and choose Pin

> and remove the watch that I don't need.

https://github.com/psifidotos/Latte-Dock/wiki/F.A.Q.#q-how-can-i-moveremove-applets

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anthonypenna
8 months ago

Hi, is there a way to change the indicator/glow color?

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Psifidotos
8 months ago

there isnt, it is based on plasma theme focus color...

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anthonypenna
8 months ago

I haven't found a way to edit it yet then, but thank you for the quick reply and for the awesome dock! :)

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luryel
8 months ago

how to install this dock? why do i got error when i installed the .install.sh ?

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xeorx
8 months ago

3 doesn't work correctly, but the idea is pretty

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Psifidotos
8 months ago

what does not work?

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Version 0.8.9 23 days ago

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

Version 0.8.8 3 months ago

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

update to v0.8.7 4 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 5 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 5 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 6 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 7 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 8 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 10 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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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!

tobaj Apr 13 2019 9 excellent

stratosl Mar 15 2019 9 excellent

+Brilliant

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.