Bug 453999

Summary: new grid implementation is lacking a mouse-hover indication for the active desktop
Product: [Plasma] kwin Reporter: bastimeyer123
Component: effects-desktop-gridAssignee: KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: bednarczyk.pawel, breakingspell, dev.bacteriostat, dev, kde, kishore96, nate, notmart, postix, smit17xp, wolf.seiboth
Priority: NOR Keywords: regression, usability
Version: git master   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
See Also: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=481812
Latest Commit: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/commit/565faf1713af149f7adac82834ca1c9574a9c2d2 Version Fixed In: 6.0.2
Sentry Crash Report:

Description bastimeyer123 2022-05-18 16:20:51 UTC 
Initial report: BUG 453943

SUMMARY
After the recent QML rewrite of the desktopgrid effect, the indication when hovering a desktop is gone and now all desktops are always fully illuminated. Previously, unhovered desktops were dimmed, which made following the mouse cursor and seeing which desktop will be activated on click much easier.

See https://youtu.be/A0ydBC6tvUQ


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. set up a grid
2. move mouse between desktops on the grid


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Arch Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.94.0
Qt Version: 5.15.4


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- KWin built from 09ba8729fc12 (current master) using the modified PKGBUILD of the Arch repos
- kdecoration built from 4123ec8c1993 (current master) using the modified PKGBUILD of the Arch repos
- plasma-wayland-protocols built from 26fb07b9f8d3 (current master) using the modified PKGBUILD of the Arch repos
- the remaining dependencies were all from the official Arch repos
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2022-05-24 14:52:44 UTC 
*** Bug 454261 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2022-06-15 17:43:11 UTC 
*** Bug 455338 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Christian (Fuchs) 2022-06-15 17:46:52 UTC 
Since my bug got marked as a dupe, just to add: 

it does not only lack the mouse hover indication, it also lacks a keyboard selection indication  (which does work, you just don't see which one is selected, but you can switch via keyboard)
Comment 4 postix 2022-06-19 10:29:03 UTC 
> Previously, unhovered desktops were dimmed, which made following the mouse cursor and seeing which desktop will be activated on click much easier.

It made seeing the hovered desktop much easier, but it made it very hard to see what's on the others, when you first need to decide which desktop to activate. Some alternative solution should definitely also be considered. Please see #409295, #303438.
Comment 5 Nate Graham 2023-02-17 22:22:50 UTC 
*** Bug 465876 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 wolf 2023-08-27 19:42:40 UTC 
Hi,
We have now the 27th of August 2023.
The bug was reported at: 2022-05-18.
No progress since then.
When do we can expect an improvement?