Bug 432913

Summary:	New files open in background on wayland
Product:	[Applications] kate	Reporter:	Bernhard <micraft.b>
Component:	general	Assignee:	KWrite Developers <kwrite-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	nate
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	wayland-only
Version First Reported In:	Git
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Neon
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Bernhard 2021-02-14 05:05:48 UTC

SUMMARY
Opening new files through dolphin does not raise an already opened kate window an wayland

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open a file in kate
2. Minimize kate
3. Open another file though dolphin

OBSERVED RESULT
Nothing (appears) to happen. When checking kate the files has opened in the background

EXPECTED RESULT
Is raised to the front and un-minimized to present the opened file

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: KDE neon Unstable Edition
KDE Plasma Version: 5.21.80
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.80.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
Kernel Version: 5.11.0-051100rc6-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 8 × AMD Ryzen 7 4700U with Radeon Graphics
Memory: 15,1 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD RENOIR

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2021-02-16 20:09:42 UTC

This is a known issue on Wayland due to the lack of a cross-compositor activation protocol. Thankfully it's being worked on!

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 424795 ***