Bug 181501 - Widgets move automatically to "stack" in new activities.
Summary: Widgets move automatically to "stack" in new activities.
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: plasma4
Classification: Plasma
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Compiled Sources Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Keywords: triaged
: 183039 183901 191190 196626 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2009-01-21 15:49 UTC by Dion Moult
Modified: 2009-07-28 12:08 UTC (History)
11 users (show)

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Description Dion Moult 2009-01-21 15:49:52 UTC
Version:           4.1.96 (using Devel)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Compiled sources

Add a new activity, then add some widgets into it. Then try to move your widgets around. After moving them to a position, they will move by themselves to form a sort of "stack" of widgets. Here is an example of how widgets stack:

http://upload.failnation.com/snapshot1.png

So for example if I move the trash icon more to the right, after moving it, it will move by itself back next to the post-it note widget.
Comment 1 Yevgen Muntyan 2009-01-28 06:18:20 UTC
I don't see a "stack" here but they do move back to some position they like. E.g. I can't have the trash icon in the left bottom corner, it flies back somewhere after I drag it. It's simply impossible to place widgets where you want them.
Comment 2 Kenjiro Tanaka 2009-01-30 14:05:27 UTC
I can confirm the problem on my KDE-4.2.0 running Bluewhite64.

The first activity has its widgets properly placed. On the second activity every time I try to place a widget on a certain place it moves by itself. Trying to place a second widget makes it move next (be it bellow or to the left/right) of the previous widget.
Comment 3 Ruchir Brahmbhatt 2009-02-21 09:39:40 UTC
*** Bug 183901 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Ruchir Brahmbhatt 2009-02-21 09:42:03 UTC
I can confirm this on kde 4.2 on opensuse 11.1. For me this happens when I change activity type from desktop to plain desktop.
Comment 5 Dion Moult 2009-02-21 10:07:51 UTC
I do believe an X restart or a plasma restart (kquitapp plasma && plasma) will fix this issue, can somebody please test this out?

I fixed it for me, and another person on IRC - (I can't recall if that was all you had to do - I think so, but it was quite a long time ago now)
Comment 6 Ruchir Brahmbhatt 2009-02-21 10:14:52 UTC
Yes restarting kde moves the widgets on proper locations and they don't move automatically in stack but this issue can be reproduced by changing the activity type to plain desktop.
Comment 7 Vadym Krevs 2009-03-01 19:14:13 UTC
I can reproduce the issue by switching from Desktop to Plain Desktop (or vice versa). Don't use activities at all. Once widgets start stacking, only logoff/logon can fix it.

openSUSE 11.1 for x86_64, latest 4.2.0 rpms from openSUSE's build service.
Comment 8 Dario Andres 2009-04-27 02:15:19 UTC
*** Bug 183039 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 9 Dario Andres 2009-04-27 02:16:21 UTC
As I stated on bug 183039, I can't reproduce this on current 4.3trunk
Comment 10 Dario Andres 2009-05-02 22:46:13 UTC
*** Bug 191190 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 11 Janet 2009-05-24 21:27:49 UTC
Similar problem with KDE 4.3 Beta1 (Kubuntu Jaunty): in a folderview activity I add a folderview  widget by dragging it somewhere onto the desktop. Then I move it to another position. I quit KDE, relogin - and the folderview widget is back at the position it first touched the desktop. I delete it, I try again, same procedure, it always is fixed to the position where it entered the desktop. I resize it and after relogin it's back to its initial size. No matter if the widgets are locked or not when logging out. It also doesn't work when I change the activity role to standard plasma desktop.
Comment 12 Dario Andres 2009-05-24 21:30:19 UTC
@Janet: could you please file a new bug report? (as it is a different issue) Thanks!!
Comment 13 Tanja Schulte 2009-06-06 18:25:12 UTC
Comment #11 and #12: Bug 195479
Comment 14 Aaron J. Seigo 2009-06-09 01:56:02 UTC
this issue should no longer happen; it was a matter of the screen size not being propagated properly at first creation.
Comment 15 Christian González 2009-07-28 12:08:00 UTC
*** Bug 196626 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***