Bug 437793

Summary:	Options for what to do on ctrl-click
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	g111
Component:	Task Manager and Icons-Only Task Manager widgets	Assignee:	Eike Hein <hein>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	david.cortes.rivera, kde.podagric, nate, plasma-bugs-null
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.21.4
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description g111 2021-05-28 16:56:37 UTC

SUMMARY

In a former KDE version (that came with kubuntu 20.10) it was possible to have the following click actions on a grouped task button in the task bar:

* normal left click: open the window list
* ctrl + left click: open the present window effect with the windows of this group.

Unfortunately this is not possible anymore. You can only configure the normal left click to open the window list or you show the present windows effect, but you cannot have both anymore.


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. open e.g. 3 konsole windows
2. configure the task manager to group windows of the same application
3. click and ctrl click on this group.

OBSERVED RESULT
ctrl click does the same as a normal click. It triggers the functionality that is configured for the normal click in the settings.

EXPECTED RESULT
click and ctrl click should do configurable separately in the task manager settings.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Kubuntu 21.04
KDE Plasma Version: 5.21.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.80.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
Kernel Version: 5.11.0-17-generic
OS Type: 64-bit
Graphics Platform: X11

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2021-06-08 21:14:48 UTC

This was intentional; the former ctrl+click behavior was found to have been implemented pseudo-randomly to emulate the behavior of something else that no longer exists.

We could maybe bring it back as a deliberate configurable option. But there's little reason to bring back a random hidden undocumented behavior.

Comment 2 Bharadwaj Raju 2021-10-04 13:53:37 UTC

*** Bug 443047 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***