Bug 375368

Summary:	Screen not locking when "Active windows" or "Desktop Grid" is showing windows/desktops
Product:	[Unmaintained] kscreenlocker	Reporter:	martinovic.antonio
Component:	general	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	critical	CC:	bshah, cadenr2004, martinovic.antonio, mgraesslin, rdieter
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description martinovic.antonio 2017-01-21 11:25:06 UTC

Version:           unspecified (using KDE 5.8.5) 
OS:                Arch Linux 

Screen will not lock while open windows or desktops are shown over the screen. Either if you try waiting out the set timer, use keyboard shortcut on even close the laptop lid to sleep the computer the screen will not lock.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
-either show display all windows or desktops on screen
(in my specific case I'm using "Screen Edges" to set these actions on corners of my screen)
-wait, press screen locking shortcut or sleep the machine

Actual Results:  
Screen stays unlocked (wakes from sleep unlocked)

Expected Results:  
It should lock the

Comment 1 Martin Flöser 2017-01-21 17:35:16 UTC

This is a well known and not fixable design limitation of the X11 windowing system. Our Wayland implementation does not have this limitation.

Unfortunately on X11 there is nothing we can do about it.

Comment 2 Christoph Feck 2018-08-15 08:24:42 UTC

*** Bug 397455 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***