Bug 361566

Summary:	Panel auto-hide is completely broken
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Stephen Kraemer <straemer>
Component:	Panel	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	major	CC:	buddlespit, dpcasler, fri.k, kde, martinzecher, mateuszzz88, ohanssen, opensc, rafael.linux.user, rajeeshknambiar, rdieter, rom85, samrog131, slartibart70, sunwebrw
Priority:	NOR	Flags:	opensc: VisualDesign+
Version:	5.6.2
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	Panels configuration file

Description Stephen Kraemer 2016-04-09 22:35:00 UTC

Panel does not auto-hide if it is set to auto-hide. If set to windows can cover, it also does not allow windows to cover it.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Set panel to auto-hide
2. Move mouse away from panel
3. Panel does not auto-hide

Actual Results:  
Panel stays on top of windows, and does not hide

Expected Results:  
Panel should auto-hide

Comment 1 rom85 2016-04-11 06:59:01 UTC

Confirm, the same for me.
Linux 4.5.0-2-MANJARO #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Mar 16 04:25:52 CET 2016 x86_64 GNU/Linux
plasma-workspace  5.6.1-1

Comment 2 rom85 2016-04-11 08:20:57 UTC

Created attachment 98327 [details]
Panels configuration file

Comment 3 rom85 2016-04-11 08:21:42 UTC

After upgrade it's still reproducible on 5.6.2.

Comment 4 rom85 2016-04-11 09:10:14 UTC

Fixed by removing ~/.config/plasmashellrc file and restarting PC.

Comment 5 Stephen Kraemer 2016-04-12 00:36:37 UTC

Tried removing my ~/.config/plasmashellrc and rebooting as suggested by rom85@i.ua, but did not work.

Comment 6 David Edmundson 2016-04-12 23:24:00 UTC

Is system settings -> desktop behaviour -> screen edges -> "switch desktop on edge" enabled?

Comment 7 Stephen Kraemer 2016-04-12 23:27:18 UTC

No, "switch desktop on edge" is disabled.

Comment 8 Stephen Kraemer 2016-04-15 12:37:26 UTC

Is there any more information I can provide to help this bug investigation? It is quite frustrating, and I haven't been able to find a workaround yet.

Comment 9 Sebastien 2016-04-17 06:33:44 UTC

The same problem : "Autohide" or "Windows Can Cover" have the same result as  "Windows Go Below".
 
And the ~/.config/plasmashellrc file is rewrited each 1min, without any modification.

Comment 10 Rajeesh K V 2016-04-18 15:12:31 UTC

Same issue in Fedora 23 after upgrade to 5.6.2 - autohide does not work, panel is always visible.

Comment 11 Rog131 2016-04-23 05:56:19 UTC

Possible dublicate:  Bug 362105 - Taskbar options 'autohide'/'windows can cover' not functional - https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=362105

Comment 12 David Edmundson 2016-04-29 14:23:03 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 362105 ***

Comment 13 Buddlespit 2016-05-01 02:50:49 UTC

I was able to fix it by logging out of KDE, logging into tty2 and deleting ~/.config/plasmashellrc. Once I rebooted into KDE, I reset the panel to 'autohide'. And much to my surprise, it did.

Comment 14 slartibart70 2016-05-01 14:51:26 UTC

sorry to say,
but this trick did not work out for me... Still having problems with autohide

Comment 15 slartibart70 2016-05-06 20:26:05 UTC

seems to be fixed in 5.6.3

Comment 16 Daniel 2016-05-12 23:48:44 UTC

This issue is not fixed in 5.6.3. Since installing this version I have started experiencing the issue of task bar not auto-hiding when I have never experienced it before. "Always visible" is the only taskbar option that seems to change anything. All of the others make no difference. Entirely removing any KDE/Plasma config and re-installing the package made no difference. Creating a completely new user to ensure config purity makes no difference. 

This bug is insanely annoying as I utilize my entire desktop area always. 

Fedora 23
Linux daniel.wks 4.4.9-300.fc23.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed May 4 23:56:27 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
plasma-desktop-5.6.3-2.fc23.x86_64

Comment 17 fri.K 2016-05-15 15:39:15 UTC

#c13 solves issue for me, thanks for your help.
My configuration: 
Fedora 23 x86_64
plasma-desktop-5.6.3-2.fc23.x86_64

Comment 18 sunwebrw 2016-05-28 07:56:46 UTC

Happens to me as well. Default panel is not disappearing but if i create an empty one and add all widgets in there from default one it works, well sort of.

Comment 19 Oyvind Hanssen 2017-03-11 18:01:13 UTC

Same for me. In 5.8.4. Panel won't autohide and windows won't cover panel if that setting is selected.

Comment 20 mateuszzz88 2017-03-29 07:47:17 UTC

I have this problem on up-to-date kubuntu 16.10 (I don't know plasma version because About Kde dialog does not show it for some reason...) on dual monitor setup. 
However auto-hide works on "outward" edges, breaks on "inward" edges only. 
To clarify, placing panel top or bottom -> auto-hide works. Placing on left side of left monitor or right side or fight monitor -> works. 
Right side of left monitor or left side of right monitor -> broken.

Comment 21 Rafael Linux User 2017-07-11 12:14:27 UTC

(In reply to mateuszzz88 from comment #20)
> I have this problem on up-to-date kubuntu 16.10 (I don't know plasma version
> because About Kde dialog does not show it for some reason...) on dual
> monitor setup. 
> However auto-hide works on "outward" edges, breaks on "inward" edges only. 
> To clarify, placing panel top or bottom -> auto-hide works. Placing on left
> side of left monitor or right side or fight monitor -> works. 
> Right side of left monitor or left side of right monitor -> broken.

I have EXACTLY that problems since appeared Plasma. I can't have an autohided panel between monitor edges. Must be open a new thread? Cause this appear as "RESOLVED", and that's not true for us with dual monitor.