Bug 445905

Summary:	Option to disable slide effect for activity switching
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	strangequark <random1123581321>
Component:	Containment	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	dev.bacteriostat, kde, kishore96, nate, notmart, plasma-bugs-null
Priority:	LO
Version First Reported In:	5.23.3
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Neon
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=457617
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description strangequark 2021-11-22 07:25:20 UTC

SUMMARY
When the Activity is changed, the wallpaper slides (if different wallpapers are used on different activities), and there is no way to configure/switch this off. This occurs even when animations are disabled.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Create two Activities, and change the wallpaper for one of them
2. Set Animation Speed in System Settings to instant
3. Change activities

OBSERVED RESULT
The wallpaper slides

EXPECTED RESULT
There should be a way to configure this in the Activities configuration page in System Settings, like there currently is for Virtual Desktops. You can set what animation you want while changing Virtual Desktops (or disable the animation altogether), you should be able to configure the same for Activities.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: KDE neon 5.23
KDE Plasma Version: 5.23.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.88.0
Qt Version: 5.15.3
Graphics Platform: X11

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I'm not sure if this is the right category  to report this bug.

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2021-11-23 17:30:27 UTC

The wallpaper slides because the whole activity switch transition uses a slide effect, and activities can have different wallpapers, so if we allowed disabling the slide effect for only the wallpaper, then the transition would be un-animated and unsynced to the slide effect. It would look terrible. We can't do that.

Or are you asking for the ability to disable the slide effect for the entire activity switch transition?

Comment 2 strangequark 2021-11-24 13:18:30 UTC

(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)

> Or are you asking for the ability to disable the slide effect for the entire
> activity switch transition?

The panel doesn't have the slide animation, and neither do the open windows. I'm not sure if that's because I changed some settings, but yes, being able to disable the animation for everything while switching Activities would be nice.

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2021-11-24 20:33:05 UTC

Thanks.

Comment 4 Bacteria 2022-05-24 06:47:35 UTC

Yes, ability to switch off the animation entirely would be good. I have also noticed a considerably delay in the wallpaper animation (maybe because I use really high resolution wallpapers) which makes for a bad UX.