Surrogate pair Nerdfont icons are not being rendered properly.

[Jas-SinghFSU]

A lot of unicode characters such as the active dot are represented as a single utf-16 code (\u25cf for filled dot). However, nerd fonts let you have surrogate pair icons such as the pacman icon which in utf-16 is represented as \udb82\udfaf. These surrogate pairs are considered length 2 which makes them incompatible with the following TextField implementation where maximumLength is set to 1.

            QC2.TextField {
                id: activeDot
                QtLayouts.Layout.maximumWidth: 35
                maximumLength: 1
                text: Plasmoid.configuration.activeDot
                horizontalAlignment: TextInput.AlignHCenter
                visible: indicatorType.currentIndex == 0
            }        

Simply setting this to maximumLength: 2 makes icons such as the pacman nerd font icon (󰮯) compatible with this plasmoid. This would let us do cool things like set our desktop indicators to a pacman theme as seen in this pic...

I can submit a PR if you would like.

[dhruv8sh]

I'll do you one better. I'll allow complete strings with string templates. And separate strings for the left and right part of the activated indicator.

[Jas-SinghFSU]

That works too, though I'm not sure I follow what you mean by "And separate strings for the left and right part of the activated indicator."

[es-codes]

I was gonna suggest this, but you beat me to it

[dhruv8sh]

I am currently working on exactly this. Do you think I should allow strings or just a toggle for surrogate pairs?

[es-codes]

I dont know the general public use, me personally, am still on 5.27 and using the 'virtual desktop bar' widget. I am waiting for my distro new ISO and am looking at the new widgets surging to see if I can reproduce my setup on KDE 6 already, and I saw yours.

I also use nerd fonts, I copy the icon from the website and paste him in the virtual desktop name in system settings, in the widget I just have to select to show the desktop name instead of a dot or number.

Sorry, dont know if that helps with your dilemma.

[Jas-SinghFSU]

I can't say this with certainty, but I don't see a downside of making this a string input. Waybar and other modules that have built in workspaces "widgets" accept strings as well for what it's worth. Additionally, the default KDE Plasma workspace widget lets you use the name of the virtual desktop which is essentially the same concept as allowing strings.

[Jas-SinghFSU]

@es-codes Nice bar, may I ask what modules you're using on the right side of the desktop-indicator plasmoid?

[dhruv8sh]

Perfect! Expect a new release today!

[es-codes]

@es-codes Nice bar, may I ask what modules you're using on the right side of the desktop-indicator plasmoid?

Sure, the musical note is 'Scriptinator', dont know if there is already a kde6 version, but essentially I use him to pass/pause music with mouse gestures. He will not show the album art or name of the song tho, I wanted a more minimalistic look on the bar, and put this information on the desktop. The config I used:

the other one is called 'weather report' .

[dhruv8sh]

I have run into a bit of a problem. QML does not seem to detect escape sequences. Maybe @es-codes can share the link to virtual desktop bar widget.

[es-codes]

Sure thing @dhruv8sh , here are the link to the original:

https://github.com/wsdfhjxc/virtual-desktop-bar

its a bit on the old side tho.

And here is the link to a modification of this widget made more recently:

https://github.com/AllJavi/virtual-desktop-bar

Its the one I am using right now.

[Jas-SinghFSU]

Would it be possible to view your WIP branch?