Bug 368685

Summary: wishlist - systemsettings --> desktop behavior --> screen edges does not allow custom actions.
Product: [Plasma] kwin Reporter: wizard10000
Component: coreAssignee: KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME    
Severity: wishlist    
Priority: NOR    
Version: 5.7.4   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Debian unstable   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:

Description wizard10000 2016-09-12 10:54:15 UTC 
Running version 5.74, have a wishlist item.  In systemsettings --> Desktop Behavior --> Screen Edges can we have a file picker so we can run custom scripts for hot corner events?  xdotool doesn't work real well for calling a shell script and I'd like to be able to perform some window moves using hot corners.  Thanks -

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Try to add a custom action to screen edges - it's not possible.
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Actual Results:  
No option for a custom command line or a file picker.
Comment 1 Martin Flöser 2016-09-13 19:38:45 UTC 
There is already a solution to get the actual use case implemented. You can use a KWin script to bind a screen edge and from there perform a dbus call. This should be sufficient to start any application (e.g. through invoking klauncher).

Adding a file picker as suggested in this request is nothing we want to add. This would be a too complicated UI and result in an expert control module. But such an expert modus already exists with the scripts and follows our simple by default (no complicated UI), powerful when needed (full control through scripts).
Comment 2 Thomas Lübking 2016-09-18 17:14:14 UTC 
xdotool, and the forum says "slide conky off screen"
in that case, you just want to bind a kwin script that does this (and skip shell and xdotool)