Bug 226807

Summary:	Taskbar tooltips/thumbnails obscure expanded window groups
Product:	[I don't know] kde	Reporter:	Jörg von Frantzius <jfrantzius>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	amhrasmussen, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
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Description Jörg von Frantzius 2010-02-14 13:47:57 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.4.0)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    openSUSE RPMs

When taskbar thumbnails is switched on, and window grouping also is turned on, then the window thumbnails will obscure the contents of expanded window groups as soon as the mouse hovers over one of the group's window entries.

That's annoying because the other entries of the window group then become inaccessible, and the window group has to be reopened again. 

(Taskbar thumbnails display can be turned on and off in "Configure Desktop / General / Desktop / All Effects". 

Window grouping in the taskmanager panel can be turned on and off in the taskmanager settings by: clicking on cashew to the right of the panel, right-clicking the taskmanager panel and chosing "Task Manager Settings".)

Comment 1 Jörg von Frantzius 2010-02-14 13:56:22 UTC

Steps to reproduce:
 1. enable both taskbar thumbnails and window grouping
 2. open a few Dolphin windows
 3. expand the Dolphin window group
 4. hover mouse over first entry at bottom of expanded group
 5. see entries being obscured by window "tooltip", and so becoming inaccessible

Workaround: 
 1. click on cashew to the right of the panel,
 2. right-click the "Task Manager" panel and chose "Task Manager Settings"
 3. uncheck the "Show tooltips" checkmark

Comment 2 Jörg von Frantzius 2010-02-14 14:01:02 UTC

Correct KDE terminology seems to be Task Manager "tooltips" (which may contain thumbnails).

A solution to the problem could be to align tooltip popups to the right of expanded window groups.

Comment 3 Anton Rasmussen 2010-10-05 14:17:07 UTC

I'm also annoyed by this behavior using KDE 4.5.1 on opensuse. I think the suggested solution of placing the tooltip to the right(or left) of the expanded window group would be useful.

Comment 4 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-11-05 03:10:23 UTC

Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version? I am setting the status to NEEDSINFO pending your response, please change the Status back to REPORTED when you respond.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!

Comment 5 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-11-16 05:37:20 UTC

Dear Bug Submitter,

This is a reminder that this bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version?

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!

Comment 6 Nate Graham 2020-09-09 03:50:25 UTC

No longer a problem in the Plasma 5 version.