Bug 453588

Summary:	Add a fade effect when the screen is locked and unlocked
Product:	[Plasma] kwin	Reporter:	Patrick Silva <bugseforuns>
Component:	effects-various	Assignee:	KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	bshah, kde, kde, nate, phyllon
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	6.3.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Patrick Silva 2022-05-09 18:26:06 UTC

SUMMARY
The transition to desktop is abrupt when the screen is unlocked, there is no fade effect. Can reproduce on X11 and Wayland.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. lock your screen
2. unlock your screen
3. 

OBSERVED RESULT
abrupt transition to desktop

EXPECTED RESULT
fade effect on unlocking

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: KDE neon Unstable Edition
KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.80
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.94.0
Qt Version: 5.15.3
Graphics Platform: Wayland

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2022-05-09 18:54:14 UTC

Can reproduce. I seem to recall that a KWin change broke this recently.

Comment 2 Kai Uwe Broulik 2022-05-09 19:05:53 UTC

The fade was actually done by accident and caused flickering on Wayland but I agree it looked nicer on X.

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2022-11-04 21:28:31 UTC

*** Bug 450690 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***