Bug 375447

Summary:	Panel Config File Ignores All Settings with Wildcarded/Elided [Horizontal ...] Syntax
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	spacemant5010
Component:	Panel	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	kde
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.8.3
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description spacemant5010 2017-01-23 12:03:51 UTC

In OpenSUSE 13.2 (KDE4), you can configure the Panel to autohide for all possible widths by putting the following in plasmashellrc (or its equivalent):

[PlasmaViews][Panel 2]
panelVisibility=1

This is very useful when Linux is run in VMWare, as the VM window may have multiple random widths, and I don't want to have to manually add entries for every possible width.

In OpenSUSE Leap 42.2 (KDE 5.8.3), this no longer works - it's ignored.  I can set "autohide" via the GUI, but it will then add a setting specific to the current width, which only works if I keep the VM window at that width.  The moment I resize it, the panel stops autohiding.  As  workaround, I've added every possible window width with an autohide configuration:

[PlasmaViews][Panel 2][Horizontal1000]
panelVisibility=1

[PlasmaViews][Panel 2][Horizontal1001]
panelVisibility=1

[PlasmaViews][Panel 2][Horizontal1002]
panelVisibility=1

[PlasmaViews][Panel 2][Horizontal1003]
panelVisibility=1

[PlasmaViews][Panel 2][Horizontal1004]
panelVisibility=1

:

Ugh.

Comment 1 David Edmundson 2017-01-23 15:19:17 UTC

With Plasma 5.9 panelVisibility is set in 

[PlasmaViews][Panel 2]
panelVisibility=1

without a separate config per size.