Bug 460774

Summary:	In overview effect, Virtual Desktops are shown as flattened arrangement, but spatial arrangement is preserved from the perspective of using the desktop switching shortcuts
Product:	[Plasma] kwin	Reporter:	postix <postix>
Component:	effects-overview	Assignee:	KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	nate
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	usability
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=461399
Latest Commit:	https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/commit/028dd552cfb9d826b40b9620d869c98d2aa3dca3	Version Fixed In:	6.0
Sentry Crash Report:

Description postix 2022-10-20 16:48:40 UTC

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. E.g. a 2x2 grid of virtual desktops
2. Open the overview effect
3. Press Ctrl+Meta+Right/Left to go from desktop 1 -> 2 -> 3 -> 4

OBSERVED RESULT
The overview effect shows the 2x2 grid as a 4x1 array:

* pressing  Ctrl+Meta+Right/Left lets you move only between 1 <---> 2
* to go to VD 3 or 4 you need to press arrow key down first.

EXPECTED RESULT
Since the VDs are displayed as a flat arrangement, it'd be logical to reach them all by Modifier+left/right key presses only, i.e. independent of the spatial arrangement outside of the overview effect.


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20221016
KDE Plasma Version: 5.26.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.99.0
Qt Version: 5.15.6
Kernel Version: 6.0.1-1-default (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland

Comment 1 Niccolò Venerandi 2023-09-25 11:14:40 UTC

Git commit 028dd552cfb9d826b40b9620d869c98d2aa3dca3 by Niccolò Venerandi.
Committed on 25/09/2023 at 13:14.
Pushed by niccolove into branch 'master'.

Merge desktop grid and overview together with a new three-state design

Merges the desktop grid and overview effects together in a new three-state one;
you can switch between them with a certain shortcut or gesture, and you can also
still access either the desktop grid or overview directly.

Default shortcuts are also updated to be Meta+G for Grid, Meta+W for Overview,
Meta+Tab to switch between the three states and Meta+Shift+Tab to cycle in the
opposite direction.
Related: bug 474044, bug 460661, bug 456572, bug 449601, bug 450262, bug 449801, bug 461510, bug 463886, bug 459754, bug 459749, bug 459748, bug 459467
FIXED-IN: 6.0

M  +2    -0    CMakeLists.txt
A  +7    -0    kconf_update/CMakeLists.txt
A  +20   -0    kconf_update/kwin-6.0-overview-activities-shortcuts.py
A  +11   -0    kconf_update/kwin.upd
M  +16   -3    src/libkwineffects/effecttogglablestate.cpp
M  +3    -1    src/libkwineffects/effecttogglablestate.h
M  +0    -1    src/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
D  +0    -49   src/plugins/desktopgrid/CMakeLists.txt
D  +0    -127  src/plugins/desktopgrid/desktopgrid_config.cpp
D  +0    -48   src/plugins/desktopgrid/desktopgrid_config.h
D  +0    -206  src/plugins/desktopgrid/desktopgrid_config.ui
D  +0    -32   src/plugins/desktopgrid/desktopgridconfig.kcfg
D  +0    -9    src/plugins/desktopgrid/desktopgridconfig.kcfgc
D  +0    -250  src/plugins/desktopgrid/desktopgrideffect.cpp
D  +0    -99   src/plugins/desktopgrid/desktopgrideffect.h
D  +0    -18   src/plugins/desktopgrid/main.cpp
D  +0    -92   src/plugins/desktopgrid/metadata.json
D  +0    -306  src/plugins/desktopgrid/qml/DesktopView.qml
D  +0    -328  src/plugins/desktopgrid/qml/main.qml
M  +27   -6    src/plugins/overview/kcm/overvieweffectkcm.cpp
M  +15   -1    src/plugins/overview/kcm/overvieweffectkcm.ui
M  +3    -0    src/plugins/overview/overviewconfig.kcfg
M  +229  -24   src/plugins/overview/overvieweffect.cpp
M  +37   -16   src/plugins/overview/overvieweffect.h
M  +44   -36   src/plugins/overview/qml/DesktopBar.qml
M  +541  -193  src/plugins/overview/qml/main.qml
M  +24   -18   src/plugins/private/qml/WindowHeapDelegate.qml
M  +1    -0    src/plugins/windowview/qml/main.qml
M  +0    -2    src/plugins/windowview/windowvieweffect.cpp

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/commit/028dd552cfb9d826b40b9620d869c98d2aa3dca3

Comment 2 Nate Graham 2024-08-30 04:04:56 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 460661 ***