Bug 423711

Summary: meta does not open latte menu
Product: [Unmaintained] lattedock Reporter: Andres <kdebugs>
Component: applicationAssignee: Michail Vourlakos <mvourlakos>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: major    
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: git (master)   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Arch Linux   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: latte layout

Description Andres 2020-06-30 19:07:57 UTC 
SUMMARY
this may be related to Bug 423633.
basically setting the meta key to open the latte start menu in the global config does nothing.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. go into the configure latte global settings
2. check press meta to activate app launcher
3. will not let you apply the setting

OBSERVED RESULT
the setting is not applied. checking the lattedockrc file in the .config folder shows that there isn't even an option for that written there it seems to be missing

EXPECTED RESULT
setting applied and meta key opens app launcher.



ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Operating System: Arch Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.19.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.71.0
Qt Version: 5.15.0
Kernel Version: 5.7.6-12-tkg-pds
OS Type: 64-bit
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core Processor
Memory: 15.6 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: GeForce GTX 1080/PCIe/SSE2
Comment 1 Michail Vourlakos 2020-06-30 21:28:01 UTC 
Of course and there isn't because it reads the kwinrc file which is also responsible for this.

Are you sure it does not work? Send me please your Latte layout file to check it out.
Comment 2 Andres 2020-07-01 00:06:07 UTC 
Created attachment 129803 [details]
latte layout

here is my latte layout like I said i tried checking the setting box that says use meta for app launcher and it won't let me hit apply and when I close the window and reopen it it's unset again
Comment 3 Michail Vourlakos 2020-07-01 04:59:19 UTC 
Are you building Latte yourself or rely to Arch? It's git version is totally outdated, I think that was fixed four months ago.
Comment 4 Andres 2020-07-01 15:46:19 UTC 
I'm using the aur which builds from the latest git. it does not matter how long ago the package was updated. the aur git packages only need to be updated when a major change happens like a repo change as far as I know. just to test I will try building from source
Comment 5 Andres 2020-07-01 15:58:05 UTC 
still have the issue building from the latest git
Comment 6 Michail Vourlakos 2020-07-01 16:10:44 UTC 
1. Do you have a ~/.config/kwinrc file?
2. When you enable the meta option in Latte Preferences do you have in your kwinrc file the following?

[ModifierOnlyShortcuts]
Meta=org.kde.lattedock,/Latte,org.kde.LatteDock,activateLauncherMenu
Comment 7 Andres 2020-07-01 16:33:22 UTC 
yes I have the kwinrc file but it dosn't have the line you mentioned. let me try adding it manually
Comment 8 Andres 2020-07-01 16:35:53 UTC 
ok well adding that line to my kwinrc file allowed the settings in the latte settings to be checked but its still not doing anything mabye i need to restart plasma let me try that
Comment 9 Andres 2020-07-01 16:39:14 UTC 
yup that did it start menu is now working