Bug 305055

Summary: On multiscreen desktop, fullscreen video players don't allow other windows to minimize
Product: [Plasma] plasma4 Reporter: Denis M. (Phr33d0m) <god>
Component: widget-taskbarAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal CC: de.meyer.maarten, konomikitten
Priority: NOR    
Version: 4.9.2   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Gentoo Packages   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:

Description Denis M. (Phr33d0m) 2012-08-12 23:30:04 UTC 
Hello, I'm hitting an annoying issue since kde 4.8.4 (currently on 4.9.0).
I have a two-monitor setup. When I play a movie with vlc(-2.x) on fullscreen in one of the monitors, I can't minimize windows on the other monitor clicking on their respective icons/titles in the Task Manager.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Play a movie with vlc in fullscreen mode in one of the monitors.
2. Click on a program's Task Manager icon/title on the other monitor to open/maximize the program.
3. Try to minimize the program clicking on the same spot (not the minimize/maximize/close icons in the right upper corner of the program).
Actual Results:  
The program on the second monitor doesn't minimize. It just stays opened/maximized (probably clicking on it's icon/title just spawns maximize events?).

Expected Results:  
The expected results should be the same as when vlc is minimized - programs on the second monitor are able to minimize/maximize using Task Manager's icons/titles.

This only happens with *vlc* on fullscreen. If I use (s)mplayer, for example, programs minimize/maximize without problems.
Version of vlc I'm using: 2.0.3
I haven't tried
Comment 1 Konomi 2012-10-14 16:57:30 UTC 
I have this same issue but it also effects smplayer it is very annoying.

Debian Testing x64
KDE v4.8.4
XRender
Comment 2 Denis M. (Phr33d0m) 2012-10-14 21:46:00 UTC 
I must change the title of this bug from 'vlc prevents' to 'video players prevents' as I have begun to have the same problem using (s)mplayer as kittyinapc@gmail.com says.

The problem persists on KDE 4.9.2.
Comment 3 Maarten De Meyer 2012-11-13 04:47:16 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 246838 ***