Zren
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4 years ago I use a different widget for this: https://github.com/Zren/plasma-applet-systraytimer/
By default it hides in the system tray when not in use. It needs to be cleaned up, but it's functional. I mostly use it as an egg timer on my TV when cooking.
Someone also made a Fokus (Pomodoro) widget which looks like it plays sounds.
It would be nice to add an alarm clock feature to the timer component, if the user wants to be alerted at say 5:00 without first calculating the difference between that and the current time, then typing it in very quickly.
Yes, there is kalarm, but eventcalendar comes very close to being able to replace it for simple use with its timer feature already, and kalarm comes with a bit of baggage just for this feature:
One way with minimal UI changes to introduce the feature would be to add a button to the "Set Timer" display, alongside "Cancel" and "Start", that would open a clock-like time-picker, then convert that to a timer as usual.
It's debatable if that's a good approach, as pausing the timer would have it drift from its original target alarm time.
Just curious if there is interest from other users or @Zren for integrating alarm-like functionality.