Fan Stack

A folder on your KDE Plasma 6 panel that fans its newest files out in an arc, like a macOS Dock stack.

Click the icon to unroll the fan. Click a file to open it, the last entry to open the folder, anywhere else (or Escape) to fold it back. Middle-click the icon to open the folder; drop files on it to move them into the folder.

Installation

Requires KDE Plasma 6 (tested on 6.7, Wayland). The widget reuses Plasma's own Folder View model, so a normal Plasma Desktop install has everything it needs.

1. Get the code:

   git clone <repository URL> FanStack
   cd FanStack
   

2. Install it for your user:

   ./install.sh
   

   This runs kpackagetool6 --type Plasma/Applet --install ., or --upgrade . if an older version is already installed.

3. Right-click a panel, choose Add Widgets…, search for Fan Stack and drag it onto the panel.

4. Right-click the icon and choose Configure… to pick the folder (Downloads by default), the icon, how many files to show, the curve radius, icon size, sort order and animation length.

Updating

git pull
./install.sh
qdbus org.kde.plasmashell /PlasmaShell refreshCurrentShell

The same refreshCurrentShell call reloads the widget after editing its QML; there is no build step.

Uninstalling

kpackagetool6 --type Plasma/Applet --remove com.notalexnoyle.fanstack

License

GPL-2.0-or-later, see LICENSE.