Bug 454365

Summary: Overview touchpad gesture not working correctly.
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: Joshua T <joshuaandrewtr>
Component: generalAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG    
Severity: normal CC: dev.bacteriostat, kde
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 5.24.90   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Arch Linux   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: In the beginning of the video I try the overview by swiping directly down with four finger. Next I try slowly swiping to the bottom right of the touchpad, which activates the proper overview.

Description Joshua T 2022-05-24 21:14:43 UTC
Created attachment 149187 [details]
In the beginning of the video I try the overview by swiping directly down with four finger. Next I try slowly swiping to the bottom right of the touchpad, which activates the proper overview.

SUMMARY
The touchpad gesture for the overview on Plasma 5.25.90 does not work correctly. When I swipe with four fingers down, a different UI appears instead of the overview that shows when pressing "Super + W". 

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

1. Swipe with four fingers down on a touchpad using Plasma 5.25.90 on Arch Linux or KDENeon

OBSERVED RESULT

Overview UI looks different. It does not show the active desktops. It has a search bar, but it is not functional. 

EXPECTED RESULT
Overview shows correctly with active desktops and working search bar. 

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Arch Linux w/ KDE PLasma
KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.90
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.94.0 
Qt Version: 5.15.4
Kernel: 5.17.9-arch1-1 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

It is possible to get the correct overview effect when swiping carefully towards the bottom right corner of the touchpad.
Comment 1 Bacteria 2022-05-25 05:01:15 UTC
What you are seeing by swiping 4 fingers down is "Present Windows effect" which is different from "Overview effect".

For overview effect the gesture is 4 finger pinch.

You would want to set 4 finger swipe down as overview but configuration of gestures isn't coming in 5.25. Hopefully it should land in 5.26.
Comment 2 Joshua T 2022-05-25 13:55:22 UTC
(In reply to Bacteria from comment #1)
> What you are seeing by swiping 4 fingers down is "Present Windows effect"
> which is different from "Overview effect".
> 
> For overview effect the gesture is 4 finger pinch.
> 
> You would want to set 4 finger swipe down as overview but configuration of
> gestures isn't coming in 5.25. Hopefully it should land in 5.26.

Ah thanks, when I pinch with four fingers it works perfectly. But I do wish that the overview would be activated by swiping down instead of pinching. The "Present Windows Effect" seems kinda useless, since I can't search.