The default timer widget looks pretty odd in the panel because next to clock, etc. the font seems to be too small.

Is there a way to change (increase font size) of the timer widget?

Bug 321507 - Timer widget looks too small when docked into a panel: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=321507

Size matters - Before:



The /usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.timer/contents/ui/TimerView.qml has:

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property int digitH: ((height / 2) * digits < width ? height : ((width - (digits - 1)) / digits) * 2);
property int digitW: digitH / 2;

The widget height part (digitH) formula needs a bit tuning but just 'hardcoding' the height at this - after edit:

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//property int digitH: ((height / 2) * digits < width ? height : ((width - (digits - 1)) / digits) * 2);
property int digitH: 30
property int digitW: digitH / 2;

Note - At here the panel default height is 33 px.

So after the plasmashell restart (logout-login):



Note #2 - You may need to use the 'panel spacers'. At here, the timer is flowing over the Systray without a spacer.


Workaround - My Timer

System upgrade can overwrite the /usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.timer/contents/ui/TimerView.qml. Better way is to copy the widget to the user home



and rename it: /usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.timer/ -> $HOME/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.mytimer/.

Edit the metadata.desktop:

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[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=My Timer
Name[x-test]=xxMy Timerxx

Comment=Countdown over a specified time period
Comment[x-test]=xxCountdown over a specified time periodxx

Type=Service
Icon=chronometer
ServiceTypes=Plasma/Applet
X-KDE-PluginInfo-Author=Davide Bettio
X-KDE-PluginInfo-Email=davide.bettio@kdemail.net
X-KDE-PluginInfo-Name=org.kde.plasma.mytimer
X-KDE-PluginInfo-Version=2.0
X-KDE-PluginInfo-Website=http://plasma.kde.org/
X-KDE-PluginInfo-Category=Date and Time
X-KDE-PluginInfo-Depends=
X-KDE-PluginInfo-License=GPL
X-KDE-PluginInfo-EnabledByDefault=true

X-Plasma-API=declarativeappletscript
X-Plasma-MainScript=ui/main.qml
X-Plasma-Requires-FileDialog=Unused
X-Plasma-Requires-LaunchApp=Unused
X-Plasma-StandAloneApp=true

The metadata.json can be also edited.

Remember to edit the digitH !

After the edits there is a new version of the Timer widget:

Rog131 wrote:Bug 321507 - Timer widget looks too small when docked into a panel: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=321507

Size matters - Before:

...

After the edits there is a new version of the Timer widget:

And so does color. The color of the digits is fixed to be black. So when I choose a dark theme, I see dark digits on dark background. So, there is panel background, background for each set of digits (hours, minutes, seconds) and dark digits.

How do I get the digits to change the color automatically (like other widgets like clock do)?

Looking at other widgets, it seems that I need to introduce:

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                color: theme.textColor

somewhere. Or is there something else?

Another workaround for the timer size is to put it on the desktop instead of on the panel.
For the color scheme used, that may depend on which themes you are using. With the setup I have at home, the timer is white text on blue background. I don't have the details readily available, though, other than that the color scheme is a custom one with mainly white text on dark blue, and the plasma theme is one which respects the color scheme (I think it was either one called "Bise" or something like that, or the regular Breeze (not light or dark) theme).

You could try using different plasma themes and tweaking various parts of the color scheme to see if that helps.

Timer font/font color

The Timer is using desktop theme file "widgets/timer"


Numbers are svg objects.


Can be edited with a vector graphics software.

Sorry to dig up this topic, but i found it useful when trying to find a solution for this problem with the timer plasmoid in kubuntu 18.04. However there was one part that i wasn't able to achieve well. I'm referring to the following:

Rog131 wrote:Note #2 - You may need to use the 'panel spacers'. At here, the timer is flowing over the Systray without a spacer.

So to fix this, i changed the main.qml file in line 59. I replaced this:

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Plasmoid.compactRepresentation: TimerView { }

With this:

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Plasmoid.compactRepresentation: Grid {
        columns: 1
        rows: 1
        Layout.minimumWidth: 100
       
        TimerView {
            anchors.fill: parent
        }
    }


Also, since the panel in kubuntu 18.04 is black, i had to change the color of the digits. For that i just used the white color available from the oxygen theme. Just copy the timer.svgz in /usr/share/plasma/desktoptheme/oxygen/widgets/ to /usr/share/plasma/desktoptheme/default/widgets/ .

@Rog131
I followed your steps. In TimerView.qml I have it like this:

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    readonly property real digits: (showSeconds) ? 7 : 4.5;
    readonly property int digitH: ((height / 2) * digits < width ? height : ((width - (digits - 1)) / digits) * 2);
    readonly property int digitH: 30
    readonly property int digitW: digitH / 2;

    PlasmaCore.Svg {

But it doesn't work. Font size is still very tiny. And when I use option "show seconds" font becomes even smaller. But I have a lot of space available on panel.

apache wrote:@Rog131
I followed your steps. In TimerView.qml I have it like this:

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    readonly property real digits: (showSeconds) ? 7 : 4.5;
    readonly property int digitH: ((height / 2) * digits < width ? height : ((width - (digits - 1)) / digits) * 2);
    readonly property int digitH: 30
    readonly property int digitW: digitH / 2;

    PlasmaCore.Svg {

If you are using that then you are not using my steps.

Mine:

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//property int digitH: ((height / 2) * digits < width ? height : ((width - (digits - 1)) / digits) * 2);
property int digitH: 30

If you don't remove the other - there should be an error message:



The Bug 321507 has been marked as unmaintained with the plasma4. The new one is https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=395182 .

Indeed. Now it works. I also had to add spacers on both sides of Timer. I also reported in this bug report.
Thank you very much.

Edit:
Is it possible to add some minutes values like 3 min, 4 min, 6, 7,8,9?

I reported a bug about Timer overlapping other widgets (or is covered by other widgets):
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=399930

apache wrote:Indeed. Now it works. I also had to add spacers on both sides of Timer. I also reported in this bug report.
Thank you very much.

Edit:
Is it possible to add some minutes values like 3 min, 4 min, 6, 7,8,9?

I reported a bug about Timer overlapping other widgets (or is covered by other widgets):
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=399930

...and from a private message:

contents/config/main.xml
I added

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  <group name="General">
    <entry name="predefinedTimers" type="StringList">
        <default>30,60,120,180,240,300,360,420,480,540,600,660,720,780,840,900,960,1020,1080,1140,1200,1500,1800,2700,3600</default>
    </entry>

Seems to work at here:

Full image: https://imgur.com/GFYQFRT

Did you restart the plasmashell after you changed the main.xml ?

Steps:
1) Edit the main.xml
2) Stop the plasmashell - krunner:

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kquitapp5 plasmashell

3) Restart the plasmashell - krunner

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plasmashell

Restart will clear the old code/values from the memory.

Hmm. Strange. I did that and even restarted system but didn't worked. Finally I edited
/usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.timer/contents/config/main.xml
and it works.

Anyway, thank you for checking and help.

@Rog131
Is it possible to apply to Timer widget notification pop-up custom font size and colour so that it matches custom setting of Plasma notification as described here
How to change notification pop-up text size and color?
viewtopic.php?f=17&t=156011

I ask because on my desktop it uses default font size and colour. May this be caused by using plasmoids from custom location
/.local/share/plasma/
And their names I also modified as suggested.

How is it possible that after so many years, this is still an issue?

The digits are unreadable!

off topic: just reinstall neon and can't find this widget to install. where do I get this widget again?

Thanks.

Indeed, completely off-topic as you are not using Plasma4. Please choose the Neon Forum for questions about Neon