Bug 439691

Summary: Translucent panels of the shell have an unexpected outline
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: Andrei Rybak <rybak.a.v>
Component: PanelAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: kde, niccolo.venerandi, plasma-bugs-null
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 5.22.3   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Andrei Rybak 2021-07-09 17:53:59 UTC
Created attachment 139971 [details]
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SUMMARY
Some panels related to the main Panel have a weird outline/edge/border in some cases

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Set the main panel to be vertical on the left edge of the monitor
2. Set the main panel to auto-hide
3. Move the cursor to the left edge of the monitor to reveal the panel
4. Observe the panel's edge (first screenshot)
5. Right click the panel > "Edit Panel..."
6. Observe the edges of the GUI elements that have just appeared (second screenshot)
7. Open Application Launcher
8. Observe the edges of the Application Launcher menu (third screenshot)
9. Maximize any window
10. Repeat the steps 3-8. (fourth screenshot)

OBSERVED RESULT
In steps 4, 6, and 8 there is a weird outline/edge/border on the panels (circled on the screenshots).
In step 10, there is no such outline/edge/border.

EXPECTED RESULT
There is no such outline in steps 4, 6, 8.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: KDE neon 5.22
KDE Plasma Version: 5.22.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.83.0
Qt Version: 5.15.3
Kernel Version: 5.8.0-59-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i5-8250U CPU @ 1.60GHz
Memory: 7.7 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® UHD Graphics 620
Comment 1 Andrei Rybak 2021-07-09 17:54:24 UTC
Created attachment 139972 [details]
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Comment 2 Andrei Rybak 2021-07-09 17:54:33 UTC
Created attachment 139973 [details]
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Comment 3 Andrei Rybak 2021-07-09 17:57:04 UTC
Created attachment 139974 [details]
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Comment 4 Andrei Rybak 2021-07-12 07:24:20 UTC
After some experimentation, it seems to be related to "Edit Panel > More Options > Opacity".

- The steps to reproduce described above have a prerequisite -- use the "Adaptive" value for this setting.
- With "Opaque", the issue goes away.
- With "Translucent", the issue is present regardless of full screen windows.
Comment 5 Andrei Rybak 2021-07-12 07:25:38 UTC
I have changed the title of the bug to reflect the recent findings.
Comment 6 Andrei Rybak 2021-07-23 20:37:45 UTC
Did some updates and a reboot. Cannot reproduce on:

Operating System: KDE neon 5.22
KDE Plasma Version: 5.22.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.84.0
Qt Version: 5.15.3
Kernel Version: 5.8.0-63-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i5-8250U CPU @ 1.60GHz
Memory: 7.7 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® UHD Graphics 620