Icons on the right side need pop-up help to identify what they mean.
This is especially important when clicking a button results in a system changing action.
Install confirmation
I clicked the , next to the installed kernel, and a nice Changelog window was displayed. I clicked the 🡇 and a download immediately started. I was expecting a confirmation like, “Do you want to proceed”.
Remove kernel did not work.
I clicked the Trash can to delete the kernel that was installed in #2. A dialog quickly flashed. I did click again because I could not read the text. It said, “Uninstalling”, but nothing was uninstalled and the Trash can remained, even after a restart of mcp-qt. I removed using mhwd-kernel.
When I first clicked on “Language Packs”, the very first line on the right-hand side contained a label “Missing” and “🡇 Install”. At first glance, it wasn’t immediately clear that “Missing” and “Installed” were sections. Perhaps consider making the title text bold. In the Manjaro Settings Manager, I believe “Missing” is referred to as “Available”. “Missing” sounds like an error and something that needs to be fixed to be not missing. Or, just stick with “Installed” and “Not Installed”
I clicked on “Install” and everything was installed immediately without a prompt.
There was no option to select individual packages, it’s all or none. In Manjaro Settings Manager there is a checkbox next to each package that controls installation.
There is also no remove. There appears to be no remove today in the Manjaro Settings Manager. It must be done via pacman or pamac. I realize this is something that is done infrequently, so maybe not having a remove makes sense.
Is this missing “Locale Settings”, “User Accounts”, “Keyboard Settings”, “Time and Date”?
Also shouldn’t “Keyboard Settings” be integrated with the keyboard settings in the standard settings app?
Running Manjaro stable LXQt. Using
KvArcDark and KvAdaptaMaiaBlack as the Kvantum themes to test it.
mcp-qt does not like dark themes, at least the few I have tried. The text remains black on Kernels and Language packs. Though strangely the text is white on Hardware. The navigation side panel stays white with black text.
You created a Qt Widgets application which doesn’t have this problem. As for now, all Qt Quick (QML) applications work like this (I suppose because of forced hardware acceleration when drawing the scene).
P.S. You may want also to try to run QMLSCENE_DEVICE=softwarecontext mcp-qt to force the software rendering, it removes this issue for me but the application turns out a bit laggy.
Edit: hey @Yochanan - on that issue i was asked by @LordTermor if i use the mcp-qt-git and i can see in the package i have installed, the mcp-qt that it conflicts with mcp-qt-git but that package is nowhere to be found.
mcp-kcm crashes if libpamac-flatpak-plugin is installed.
In this situation, only the “Hardware / Drives settings” shows, any attempt to access the kernel or languages packs tabs causes KDE Settings to close immediately.
The error message is :
GLib-GObject-WARNING **: cannot register existing type ‘PamacFlatpakPlugin’
So that’s pretty clear.
The it goes CRITICAL and dies.
Removing pamac-flatpak-plugin solves this (but I would like to keep it !)
Well for the time being I reverted to the legacy Manjaro parameters manager, it looks better, integrates better into KDE settings, works better and doesn’t conflict with pamac-flatpak-plugins.
So I won’t replace it with a new config manager with clearly still is alpha-stage and gives a poorer interface.
, next to the installed kernel, and a nice Changelog window was displayed. I clicked the 🡇 and a download immediately started. I was expecting a confirmation like, “Do you want to proceed”.