Bug 458851

Summary:	Application menu sometimes doesn't want to open
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Johannes Joens <johannes>
Component:	Application Launcher (Kickoff)	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	kde, mikel5764, mvourlakos, nate, noahadvs
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	wayland
Version:	5.25.5
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Attachments:	kde button that doesn't open menu

Description Johannes Joens 2022-09-07 22:00:56 UTC

SUMMARY
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When  trying to open the application menu it sometimes doesn't want to open, after waiting a bit and retrying it works for a bit until it reverts to not wanting to open
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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Click on the application menu button
2. Wait
3. Try again
4. repeat as many time as you want

OBSERVED RESULT
Application menu sometimes open but not always 

EXPECTED RESULT
Application menu always opens

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: 
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.25.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.97.0
Qt Version: 5.15.5
Kernal version: 5.19.7-zen2-1-zen (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
nvidia-open-dkms: 515.65.01-11

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Only seems to happen on wayland not on x11

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2022-09-09 04:36:11 UTC

What application menu button? Can you attach a screenshot that shows exactly which button you're clicking?

Comment 2 Johannes Joens 2022-09-09 04:43:45 UTC

Created attachment 151942 [details]
kde button that doesn't open menu

Requested picture of which button i tried to press.

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2022-09-09 05:16:13 UTC

Ah that. And you're on Wayland with NVIDIA hardware, oh joy! That means you're hitting Bug 455575.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 455575 ***