Bug 443877

Summary:	"Switch tabs on hover" preference appears to not control hovering on tabs
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	jbn
Component:	Application Menu (Kicker) widget	Assignee:	Eike Hein <hein>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	minor	CC:	nate, p.r.worrall, plasma-bugs-null
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	master
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Debian testing
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	My Application Launcher says "Application Launcher 2.0". Application Launcher configuration settings

Description jbn 2021-10-17 07:26:41 UTC

SUMMARY
"Switch tabs on hover" setting appears to be ignored. Tabs behave the same way regardless of this setting.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Add the application launcher to a panel if you don't already have the application launcher somewhere. Click on the application launcher icon to make the application launcher appear. The application categories appear in a new panel on the left and the subcategories or category items are listed on the right.
2. Right-click on the application launcher icon and select "Configure Application Launcher..." which brings up the configuration window, then select "General" in that window.
3. Select "Switch tabs on hover" turning that item on. Click OK to set the setting and dismiss the configuration window.
4. Click on the application launcher icon, pick a category with a subcategory, pick that subcategory, then hover over the parent category name now shown in a tab on the right side of the panel.

OBSERVED RESULT
Hovering on the parent category tab name does nothing.

EXPECTED RESULT
Hovering should take one back to the hovered category when "Switch hover on tabs" preference is enabled.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.23.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.86.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
Kernel Version: 5.14.0-3-amd64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 8 × AMD FX(tm)-8150 Eight-Core Processor
Memory: 31.2 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: NV106

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
1. I don't mind that this preference does nothing as I think hovering here is annoying and a bad UI choice. But if you're going to provide the hovering preference, it ought to work.

2. Related to bug 433257 the "Switch tabs on hover" preference seems awfully narrow to me. I can't imagine a user who wants hovering on categories, wants no control over category hovering (leaving it always on), and does not want hover action on tabs. How about switching this preference to control all hovering action in the application launcher? I'd like to turn off the hover action anywhere in the application launcher so I'd turn such a preference off.

Comment 1 Paul Worrall 2021-10-17 10:35:18 UTC

You seem to be referring to Application Launcher 1.0.  Plasma now has Application Launcher 2.0 which does not have a "Switch tabs on hover" setting. I thnk 2.0 was introduced with Plasma 5.22. As such this bug can probably be marked as FIXED.

Comment 2 jbn 2021-10-17 21:46:48 UTC

Created attachment 142546 [details]
My Application Launcher says "Application Launcher 2.0".

My Application Launcher says "Application Launcher 2.0". See attached screenshot of the about section. The software versions I copied from the "About this System" pane of the System Settings program includes "KDE Plasma Version: 5.23.0".

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2021-10-17 22:05:21 UTC

The setting name is "Switch tabs on hover" because it affects tabs. Not categories. :)

Comment 4 Paul Worrall 2021-10-17 22:42:29 UTC

Created attachment 142549 [details]
Application Launcher configuration settings

These are the configuration options I have for Application Launcher 2.0, nothing about switching tabs or categories on hover, I don't know why you're seeing it, maybe someone else can advise.

Operating System: KDE neon 5.23
KDE Plasma Version: 5.23.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.87.0
Qt Version: 5.15.3
Kernel Version: 5.11.0-37-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 2 × AMD A6-6400K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
Memory: 7.7 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD CEDAR