Bug 376239

Summary:	extra panel with global menu in it won't autohide
Product:	[Plasma] kwin	Reporter:	PK <pieterkristensen>
Component:	general	Assignee:	KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	kde
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.9.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description PK 2017-02-09 14:01:48 UTC

I tried the new global menu. I figured it out and it worked. 
So a created a new empty panel in the top of my screen and put the widget in it. I made this panel "autohide". It seemed an elegant thought: when you don't need the global menu it isn't there. 
But the autohide function was at the least very unreliable. Most of the time the panel is just visible. It stays always on top.
I use plasma 5.9 on kde neon

Comment 1 Kai Uwe Broulik 2017-02-09 14:57:34 UTC

I can't reproduce. I just added an global menu applet to a panel and it auto-hides correctly. Do you have the panel maximized (ie. spans the full width of the screen)?

Comment 2 PK 2017-02-09 15:02:35 UTC

No, I centered it and made it as small as I could but gave it all the space to expand when there are many items in the menu.

Comment 3 Kai Uwe Broulik 2017-02-09 15:30:31 UTC

Kwin unsets auto hide state when the geometry of the panel changes. (There's a bug report about that bug I can't find it right now)

Comment 4 Kai Uwe Broulik 2017-02-09 15:31:01 UTC

Found it :) Bug 373958

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 373958 ***