Version: (using KDE 4.2.0) Installed from: Debian testing/unstable Packages i don't know how can i explain that, but if you need more info just ask. In kde4.2 we have a patch that adds polkit-kde to this effect, the problem is that i could only test it when 4.2 got out (and i installed the deb packages). And now i found that this effect has a bug, which is not the patch fault but i don't have any idea of how to fix it. When the polkit-kde auth dialog appears the dim screen make the screen gets darken (obviously), but we have a combobox that if we click on it it simple don't show the items, i can navigate through them with (up/down keys) but the list don't appear. If i remove the effect it works fine. If you don't want to install polkit-kde you can call kdesu and use the what's this "?" popup that don't show anything either, actually i noticed that the what's this shows it's popup behind the kdesu dialog. Thanks, btw polkit-kde is going to be include in 4.3 so it'd be nice to have it fixed soon :D
Yes I understand the reason. The dialog is painted above all other windows. So the combobox is painted below the dialog. The effect needs a big rework or should be dropped in 4.3. There are some issues with it and Lubos has never been happy about.
SVN commit 923844 by graesslin: Rework of dim screen for administration mode effect. Now it changes brightness and saturation of all windows instead of painting a semi-transparent area on the screen. And it works nicely with fullscreen effects. So the windows are not dimmed in e.g. coverswitch. BUG: 183046 M +36 -93 dimscreen.cpp M +5 -16 dimscreen.h WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=923844
Thanks Martin for the quick fix, but it is still not perfect :P the combobox list is now dimmed too :( At least we can see it now :D
(In reply to comment #3) > Thanks Martin for the quick fix, but it is still not perfect :P > the combobox list is now dimmed too :( > At least we can see it now :D So it's an improvement to before ;-) Problem is I can't test it as I do not yet have policykit... I set option to not dim comboboxes, seem's this does not yet work reliable.
(In reply to comment #4) > (In reply to comment #3) > > Thanks Martin for the quick fix, but it is still not perfect :P > > the combobox list is now dimmed too :( > > At least we can see it now :D > So it's an improvement to before ;-) > > Problem is I can't test it as I do not yet have policykit... I set option to > not dim comboboxes, seem's this does not yet work reliable. > Yep, it is an improvement :D if you don't want to install policykit you could try creating a dummy application that has a combobox list and add that to the applications list of your effect. I wish i could help testing but i'm out of space to download trunk here. I need a new HD :P
SVN commit 936926 by graesslin: Don't dim unmanaged windows. BUG: 183046 M +1 -2 dimscreen.cpp WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=936926
Thanks a lot graesslin :D Lukas tested it and worked pretty fine