Bug 447899

Summary:	Grabs all keypresses even when Focus Follows Mouse is set and the mouse pointer is on a different monitor (and never lets go) – on X11
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	tomashnyk
Component:	Application Dashboard widget	Assignee:	Eike Hein <hein>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	kdedev, plasma-bugs-null
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	6.2.4
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description tomashnyk 2022-01-03 21:20:34 UTC

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Enable Focus follows mouse in Window Management> Window Behaviour > Focus
2. Have two monitors, place the mouse pointer on one and pres <Super> to open Application Dashboard.

OBSERVED RESULT
Even when I move the pointer, anything I write on the keyboard goes to Application dashboard.


EXPECTED RESULT
When I move the pointer, focus goes back to the window I am hovering over.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Kubuntu 21.10 (from PPA)
I am on X11.

I have a big monitor and the Dashboard opens on a small monitor on the side (actually my laptop)- so it is not in my line of sight and sometimes I forget I opened it, so this bites me surprisingly often. I guess Application Dashboard assumes it is fullscreen, but in multimonitor setups, it is not.

Comment 1 tomashnyk 2022-01-03 23:43:32 UTC

Actually, this only happens on X. Under Wayland, it starts on the screen where I have my pointer and it does not steal the focus. Not sure if it needs to be fixed then.

Comment 2 TraceyC 2025-01-13 23:23:14 UTC

Thanks for the bug report. There have been many improvements since this bug report was opened. It appears this was fixed. I verified this on X11 with git-master.

If you still have an issue, please open a new bug report, thanks.