Bug 461179

Summary:	Option to only show windows from current Activity
Product:	[Plasma] kwin	Reporter:	Matt Kovacs <koma111>
Component:	effects-overview	Assignee:	KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.25.5
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Manjaro
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Matt Kovacs 2022-10-29 23:14:46 UTC

SUMMARY
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The new overview effect has no option to only display windows from the current activity, defeating the purpose of activities in organizing windows. I think there should be a toggle in its config dialog to only show the current activity, and it should be on by default.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Have multiple activities, with different favourite apps and some window rules that auto-categorize app windows into activities, and open some windows in at least two of them
2. Open the new Overview effect

OBSERVED RESULT
All windows on the current workspace are shown, regardless of which activity they come from. For example when the first workspace is selected, the first workspace of all activities is mixed together in the overview.

EXPECTED RESULT
Overview should only show windows from the current activity, in order not to awkwardly circumvent the window organizing feature of activities, possibly making the user think their activities got messed up

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Kernel 5.18.19 (Manjaro, Stable branch)
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.25.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.98.0
Qt Version: 5.15.6

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 Bug Janitor Service 2022-10-29 23:33:49 UTC

Thank you for the bug report!

Please note that Plasma 5.25.5 is not supported for much longer by KDE; supported versions are 5.24, and 5.26 or newer.

If at all possible please upgrade to a supported version and verify that the bug is still happening there.

If you're unsure how to do this, contact your distributor about it.

Comment 2 Nate Graham 2022-10-31 19:00:00 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 449919 ***