Bug 429523

Summary:	Panel not hiding automatically with "Windows can cover" option until you click in the window that should cover it
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Xusine <xusine>
Component:	Panel	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	normal	CC:	gudvinr+kde, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.20.3
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Manjaro
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Xusine 2020-11-22 21:14:22 UTC

SUMMARY

The hiding logic doesn't work in my side when I'm trying to refocus on a maximized window after clicking (or focusing on) the panel.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Maximize a window so that it can cover the panel. Now the panel hides itself. 
2. Move the mouse to the panel and click it so that it's focused.
3. Try to refocus  the maximized window described in step 1 by clicking. 

OBSERVED RESULT

The panel won't hide itself.

EXPECTED RESULT

The panel should hide itself.


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Manjaro
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.20.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.76.0
Qt Version: 5.15.1

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2020-11-23 17:57:10 UTC

Can confirm. If I simply mouse over the panel to make it appear, it goes under the maximized window when I click on the maximized window again. But if I click on it, then clicking on the maximized window does not make it go under the window as expected.

Comment 2 Nate Graham 2023-09-18 21:12:50 UTC

*** Bug 453373 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2023-10-23 18:21:26 UTC

I'm afraid the "Windows Can Cover" Panel visibility mode has been removed for Plasma 6 and we aren't planning to bring it back. In its place, we plan to implement an "intelligent auto-hide" or "dodge windows" mode, per Bug 349785. This should hopefully be much better than "Windows Can Cover" ever was, and offer support for its use cases.

Thanks for your understanding!

Comment 4 Xusine 2023-10-23 18:23:00 UTC

(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #3)
> I'm afraid the "Windows Can Cover" Panel visibility mode has been removed
> for Plasma 6 and we aren't planning to bring it back. In its place, we plan
> to implement an "intelligent auto-hide" or "dodge windows" mode, per Bug
> 349785. This should hopefully be much better than "Windows Can Cover" ever
> was, and offer support for its use cases.
> 
> Thanks for your understanding!

Thanks for your reply! Looking forward to KDE 6!