Bug 428447

Summary:	icon-only task manager application launch animation missing on Wayland
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Pawel <bednarczyk.pawel>
Component:	general	Assignee:	David Edmundson <kde>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	gulpegaspe, lv215bd5, nate, plasma-bugs
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	wayland-only
Version First Reported In:	5.20.2
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Pawel 2020-10-29 18:19:50 UTC

SUMMARY

icon-only task manager animation missing on Wayland

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Pin a number of applications to the icon-only taskbar
2. launch the applications from the taskbar

OBSERVED RESULT

the application launch animation is played just fine on X but is completely missing on Wayland. 

EXPECTED RESULT

The animation plays on Wayland

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS


Linux/KDE Plasma: 

Operating System: Arch Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.20.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.75.0
Qt Version: 5.15.1
Kernel Version: 5.9.0-rc5-1-amd-staging-drm-next-git-00333-gd8ac65b95423
OS Type: 64-bit
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core Processor
Memory: 31.3 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2020-10-29 18:56:54 UTC

There isn't a generic protocol for this on Wayland right now, which would need to be implemented and agreed upon first. One is being worked on: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols/-/merge_requests/50

Comment 2 David Edmundson 2020-10-30 09:59:19 UTC

I'm not sure what Nate is referring to. Plasma can activate other apps from the task manager.

Animation should be the same.


I didn't think we had animations from currently unlaunched-pinned apps on X though.

Comment 3 Pawel 2020-10-30 10:02:44 UTC

on X, there are two animations that I can observe when launching an application pinned to the icon-only taskbar. One is the bouncy icon animation attached to the cursor and the other is the spinning circle animation attached to the pinned icon itself. 

On Wayland, there is nothing. Neither animation is played.

I hope I have described the animations correctly!

Comment 4 Ivan 2020-10-30 10:23:58 UTC

I confirm the issue reported by Pawel.
No animation on the task manager icons and no bouncing/blinking mouse pointer.

Comment 5 David Edmundson 2020-10-30 10:45:50 UTC

Oh! Startup Indicators.

Now I understand Nate's reference.

Comment 6 Nate Graham 2020-10-30 13:36:10 UTC

Yep. :)

Comment 7 Lua 2021-05-04 22:33:45 UTC

*** Bug 436603 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 8 Nate Graham 2021-05-05 16:12:54 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 402903 ***