Bug 362702

Summary:	Trying to add a new widget to the desktop leads to an empty desktop with default settings.
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Christian Krippendorf <CerebrosuS>
Component:	Containment	Assignee:	Sebastian Kügler <sebas>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	CC:	kde, rouphen
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.6.3
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Christian Krippendorf 2016-05-05 11:52:20 UTC

After pressing "Add widget" the desktop instantaneously changes to a default/new desktop. The old one comes back after logout/login.  Trying to change the activity before logout, shows only one activity which can not be switched.

I got a docking station and a T540p. The problem occurs when only the external monitor on the docking station is active. Maybe the problem is a part of that.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Choose "Add widget" from the desktop menu.
2. Thats it...
3.

Actual Results:  
New/default desktop settings.

Expected Results:  
Just adding the widget to the current desktop.

Current uptodate desktop from ArchLinux.

Comment 1 Rouphen 2016-05-30 15:32:03 UTC

This bug is biting me since the first versions of Plasma 5. As Christian Krippendorf stated, it's perfectly reproducible following the indicated steps. I have a dual-monitor setup, mirrored (my desktop is shown in both screens, duplicated), and this bug only happens once per session. After rebooting or relogin, the old desktop setting is back.

Sometimes, however, it triggers in the background while changing the wallpaper/messing with certain widgets, or while I'm web browsing. Can't find any explanation on the Internet.

Comment 2 Kai Uwe Broulik 2016-06-01 09:27:06 UTC

Looks like you have two overlying desktop windows and the other one suddenly pops in front?

Comment 3 Rouphen 2016-06-01 13:34:00 UTC

Well, that is what I'm suspecting. Possibly, a part of the widget management triggers the switch by its own. A couple of days ago, for example, I was trying different wallpapers just for the sake of customization, minimizing the windows in order to look the desktop without obstacles and then restoring them back quickly... and it started to shift between my current settings and the Plasma defaults like crazy, especially while I was clicking the taskbar, navigating trough the wallpaper picker or just selecting a random icon placed in the desktop.

Obviously, it's not a game breaker bug, but it's a little bit annoying; I think it twice before adding any widget now.

Comment 4 Christian Krippendorf 2017-02-20 09:59:45 UTC

I am not able to reproduce this bug with plasma 5.9.2 anymore. Because I still have the same system configuration and just the version changed I think the bug has been fixed with new releases.

If no one is against marking this bug as closed, I will do so.

Greetings