Window Title Applet

Window Title Applet Featured Original

Plasma 5 Add-Ons kde panel plasma title window

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

Score 85.8%

Description:

This is a Plasma 5 applet that shows the current window title and icon in your panels. This plasmoid is coming from Latte land but it can also support Plasma panels.

You can install this applet directly from Plasma 5 Widgets Explorer

Last changelog:

Version 0.6.0 4 days ago

* support more window actions with mouse:
- Double Left Click : Maximize/restore active window
- Middle Click : Close active window
- Scroll up : Cycle between tasks
- Scroll down : Minimize tasks
- Ctrl + Scroll up : Maximize active window (this is also possible with double left click)
- Ctrl + Scroll down : Restore active window from maximized state

* add a placeholder-text option to be shown when no window is visible and the user does not want the current Activity name to be drawn
* option to disable the title tooltip

th0m4s
4 days ago

|o| Simply fantastic, thanks for all these new possibilities!

As we now have the option to show custom text when no window is active, it would be a great addition to be able to configure a custom icon as well.

With the custom icon, I could configure the display of my Linux distribution logo and its name with the current custom text option. :)

Also my user's profile picture and name (maybe even an option that does this automatically).

The possibilities for customizing these functions would be enormous ...

Now I can display phrases, when I have no active window, I will extract this feature by displaying the following phrase for some time "I love the open source world, long live Linux!". ;)

Thank you very much @Psifidotos, you are the wizard of applests!

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Psifidotos
4 days ago

The icon used comes from your current Activity, if you change the Activity icon then the applet will use it

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th0m4s
4 days ago

I mean it is possible to define a specific icon, when we have no active window and the Plasma workspace is shown.
It would be the same concept that you made it possible to configure the text to be displayed in that same situation, in this latest version.

Perhaps this image illustrates one of the customizations that would be possible:

https://imgur.com/gDyy7f2

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Psifidotos
4 days ago

All of them are already possible,
1. Set your placeholder text to what you like
2. Change your active Plasma Activity icon to what you like

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th0m4s
4 days ago

Thanks!
I didn't know the possibility of item "2", I'll learn how to do that ...

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Psifidotos
4 days ago

It is easy, right click the Desktop, Activities. From the Activities Explorer click the icon of the active Plasma Activity to whatever you want

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th0m4s
4 days ago

Perfect ;)

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d3n1s
9 days ago

9 Didn't know @Paulnx, thanks for sharing. ;)
This applet is really very complete and flexible, now I understand the term you used (Swiss army knife), a shame it was abandoned and some of the functions don't work ...
Window Title suits me perfectly well, but I confess that I would love to have the possibility of interacting with mouse gestures, to minimize, maximize, restore and close windows! :)

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Psifidotos
9 days ago

you can maximize/restore with double click this is already supported.

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d3n1s
9 days ago

That's great! <3
Do we have any chance of doing the main window actions with the mouse wheel in the future?
Its solutions are great, I use them all, it raises the level of my productivity, in addition to providing a unique identity to the desktop, the main differential compared to the other solutions, is that besides being constantly improving (bug fixes, performance, new features), you hear and answer questions from users.
This is fantastic, keep it up, the KDE Plasma community thanks you for your contributions!

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Psifidotos
9 days ago

Can you explain me, what are the window actions with mouse wheel?

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d3n1s
9 days ago

Basically what Dexter described in item 1 and what the applet suggested by Paul does.

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Psifidotos
9 days ago

From 1 only closing action would make any sense, scrolling down in order to minimize as long as the applet can not reshown it afterwards does not make any sense

For 2, is already answered in github page that it is not possible

For 3 is already implemented

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d3n1s
9 days ago

The justification for item 1 does not make much sense, at least in my view.
You say that the action of minimizing by scrolling backwards does not make sense, because once the applet is minimized it could not show it again.
I don't see any problem with that, as this is the default behavior of the minimize button in the windows.
The practicality of rolling the scroll back and obtaining the same action is that in addition to being more intuitive and practical, the sensitive area is infinitely larger than that of a button, this would also save walking with the mouse and the precision needed for a click on a small button.

Could you provide the link for item 2?

About item 3, if this is already possible, great, but in my opinion this is more aesthetical than functional. Options are never too much! I never particularly noticed the functionalities of item 3, perhaps because my version is old?

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Psifidotos
9 days ago

you comment at https://github.com/psifidotos/applet-window-title/issues/84 for [1]

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d3n1s
9 days ago

Psifidotos, I love your comment # 84! <3
What caught my attention the most was the third interaction (Scroll up: Cycle between tasks), I'm not sure if this is the default behavior on all Chromium-based browsers, but Brave works exactly that way, when scrolling over the tab bar, toggles between the open tabs! Amazing!
I look forward to implementing these features. :)

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Psifidotos
9 days ago

2. https://github.com/psifidotos/applet-window-title/issues/76

3. in master version there is a placeholder option for the text to show... in current version the icon and text used come from the current activiti icon/text... If you change your current activity icon/text then the applet should follow afterwards

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d3xt3r
15 days ago

9 @Psifidotos, congratulations on your great work, you're so talented at what you do, I'd like to share with you some feature ideas you'd like to see in future versions of the Window Title Applet:

1. Interaction with mouse commands, being possible to perform actions to maximize, minimize, restore and close the focus window, the commands could be configurable, the default could be, scrolling forward maximizes the window, scrool backwards, minimize, double left click, restore, middle button, close. By default the entire applet area would be sensitive to mouse commands, there could also be an option to set the length (px) of the sensitive area.

2. When the option to show the icon is active, left-clicking on the icon would make it interesting to see the traditional options menu (minimize, maximize/restore, more actions, close), as it is currently done by clicking on the icon, application window icon, another possibility would be to access these options by clicking on the text of the window title and application name.

3. Option to configure an icon, custom text, or fetch from the system the image and username when the Plasma desktop is displayed.

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Psifidotos
9 days ago

you comment at https://github.com/psifidotos/applet-window-title/issues/84 for [1]

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paulnx
14 days ago

Hi Dexter, the Aticve Window Control plasmoid has all or almost all of these features that you described. I used a lot in the past, these possibilities are very practical and productive. But the plasmoid has been dropped, the app menu feature and other small options don't work. It is sad to see a super plasmoid (true all in one, swiss army knife) being abandoned. :(
I currently use the solutions provided by Psifidotos, it would be great to have these capabilities, this would positively reflect on my productivity. :)

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mmastriani
26 days ago

9 9 excellent

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mmastriani
26 days ago

Hi! It's exactly what I was looking for! Is it possible to keep the text and icon unchanged when a dialog box is opened? I have a Global Menu after the Window Title. Global menu stay unchanged when a dialog box (or a children window) of one app is opened or when I open the Application Menu. Is it difficult to implement? Thanks!

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Psifidotos
26 days ago

If you mean that you would prefer the main window title+application then that would need first Latte to support it and afterwards this applet to be add an option for the new api...

Feel free to open a feature request at
https://bugs.kde.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=lattedock AND https://github.com/psifidotos/applet-window-title/issues

if I find any free time in the future I might implement it...
It is not easy but it needs time

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mmastriani
26 days ago

Not exactly (I hope). I configured to show only the Application Name, is it ok? Think that I opened Dolphin. In Dolphin, for instance, when I click "Configure Dolphin", a secondary window opens, but your widget hides the icon and application name, although I stay on the same application. Does it depend on Latte to be solved? Thank you so much!

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Psifidotos
26 days ago

Only Latte can solve this, I believe that with Plasma panels there is not such solution yet.

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Version 0.6.0 4 days ago

Version 0.5.2 2 months ago

* fix bold font kerning issues

Version 0.5.1 4 months ago

* improve window title discovery for flatpaks
* do not show empty window title when there are information from the application

Version 0.5.0 6 months ago

* use Latte Windows Tracking interface when in Latte v0.9
* do not use icon size in computations when icon is not visible
* do not draw Application Name/Window Title separator when any of these two could not be retrieved

Version 0.4.1 8 months ago

* improve signaling for Broadcaster
* close ComboBox popup after selecting an item
* add some debug messages

Version 0.4 10 months ago

-- dont elide if there is free space in the panel
-- improve metrics and calculations for better visual results
-- support Unity behavior when used with Window AppMenu 0.4 in latest Latte master
-- update Appearance settings

Version 0.3 11 months ago

- improve defaults and behavior for Latte edit mode
- elide text if applet exceeds panel space
- elide only title when needed
- improvements for settings window
- synchronize scrolling for substitutions elements
- support new Latte Communicator mechanism from Latte git version

Version 0.2 1 year ago

- Fifth Text Style, "Do not show any text"
- Font option to capitalize first letters
- Multi-screen aware in order to locate active window in the current screen or at all screens
- Support user-set maximum icon size
- Double click to maximize/restore active window (for plasma panels)
- Option to hide Activity information when no window is active
- Split settings to Appearance and Behavior
- Show tooltip when hovering to provide more information
- Support Application Name substitutions in Behavior settings page

Version 0.1 1 year ago

- Four different text styles, [application, Title, Application - Title, Title - Application]
- Support both horizontal and vertical alignments
- Show window icon
- Maximize window icon to applet thickness (optional)
- Bold/Italic font
- Set maximum length in pixels or use all the required space to show all contents
- Set spacing between icon and title
- Left/Right or Top/Bottom margins
- Multi-screen ready
- Show activity name/icon when there is not any active window
- Double click in order to maximize/restore active window (for plasma panels)
- Latte v0.9 ready
- - support new painting
- - support maximize/restore active window
- - support dragging active window from latte panel

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d3n1s Jan 18 2020 9 excellent

Didn't know @Paulnx, thanks for sharing. ;) This applet is really very complete and flexible, now I understand the term you used (Swiss army knife), a shame it was abandoned and some of the functions don't work ... Window Title suits me perfectly well, but I confess that I would love to have the possibility of interacting with mouse gestures, to minimize, maximize, restore and close windows! :)

d3xt3r Jan 12 2020 9 excellent

@Psifidotos, congratulations on your great work, you're so talented at what you do, I'd like to share with you some feature ideas you'd like to see in future versions of the Window Title Applet: 1. Interaction with mouse commands, being possible to perform actions to maximize, minimize, restore and close the focus window, the commands could be configurable, the default could be, scrolling forward maximizes the window, scrool backwards, minimize, double left click, restore, middle button, close. By default the entire applet area would be sensitive to mouse commands, there could also be an option to set the length (px) of the sensitive area. 2. When the option to show the icon is active, left-clicking on the icon would make it interesting to see the traditional options menu (minimize, maximize/restore, more actions, close), as it is currently done by clicking on the icon, application window icon, another possibility would be to access these options by clicking on the text of the window title and application name. 3. Option to configure an icon, custom text, or fetch from the system the image and username when the Plasma desktop is displayed.

mmastriani Jan 01 2020 9 excellent

9 excellent

birillo78 Oct 20 2019 10 the best

10 the best

rokre22 Jul 26 2019 10 the best

10 the best

watsoncl Jul 23 2019 9 excellent

9 excellent

palacio Jul 13 2019 10 the best

10 it is excellent doing its job and is very configurable

giuliv Jul 12 2019 8 great

8 great

no1cares May 31 2019 9 excellent

9 excellent

ferchoj May 14 2019 10 the best

Greath!

volt4ire Apr 25 2019 9 excellent

radwulf Apr 16 2019 9 excellent

+ Thanks. Is it possible to get 'Title' to act as 'hide activity information', that is not to display, if you're displaying application title and window title in different widgets and they both have the same text? For example, I can start Lollypop and both application name (from Window Active Control) and title name (from Window Title Applet) show Lollypop until I start playing a song whereas Title shifts to the artist. I would prefer title to not display until a song is played so it doesn't duplicate.

rogoz208 Mar 25 2019 9 excellent

Cybernix Mar 24 2019 9 excellent

ivanlechat90 Feb 22 2019 9 excellent

+ Amazing and highly needed along with the Global menu by default!

zayronXIO Feb 12 2019 9 excellent

+ bery job

TaurohtaR Feb 12 2019 9 excellent

Thank you. Great applet for active window replacement with standart global menu MIssing some configuration like choosing fonts or icon when there is no one, but still good replacement.