KDE software has a lot of different visual styles for sidebars, many ably illustrated in {T11093}:
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Let's unify these to have the following characteristics:
- White background (with default breeze color scheme; obviously it should follow the color scheme
- Full width and height; top touches titlebar/tools area, bottom touches bottom window edge or status bar, left side touches left window edge, etc.
- Single-pixel vertical line separates the sidebar from the content area on the right
- When icons are large, they should be colorful: {T10165}
Furthermore, these three kinds of sidebars should be preferred when used to navigate application content:
- Lists should be used when there are many possible views that would not fit when using a big icon.
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- Big Squares should be used when there are a limited number of possible views that usually fit the window heigh using big icons.
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- Tabs should only be used on application views that are user-editable (eg: when it's possible to open a new tab or close another).
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Thus, the following applications could need to be changed:
| Application | Current state | Desired state
| Heaptrack | Tabs | List
| Kalgebra | Tabs | Big squares
| Kbruch | Toolbar buttons | Big squares
| SymbolEditor | Tabs | Big Squares
| Kontact | Toolbar buttons | Big squares
| Ktorrent | Toolbar buttons | Big squares
| Kaffeine | Toolbar buttons | Big squares
| Skrooge | List in panel | Big squares
| Kwalletmanager | Tabs | Big squares
| Kmymoney | ? | Big squares
| KColorSchemeEditor | Tabs | Big squares
| Edit Window-Specific Settings | Tabs | Big squares