| Summary: | Transparency in menus stops working after launching certain apps | ||
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| Product: | [Plasma] plasmashell | Reporter: | David <david.cortes.rivera> |
| Component: | general | Assignee: | Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs> |
| Status: | REPORTED --- | ||
| Severity: | normal | CC: | kde, nate, niccolo.venerandi |
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version: | 5.27.2 | ||
| Target Milestone: | 1.0 | ||
| Platform: | Other | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed In: | ||
| Sentry Crash Report: | |||
| Attachments: |
kde_transparent_menu
kde_transparent_menu_breaks |
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Created attachment 157120 [details]
kde_transparent_menu_breaks
And this is a screenshot taken after launching one of said apps.
Weirdest thing here: it will keep working correctly if before opening one of the offending apps, I first switch virtual desktops back and forth. Another comment: I think this bug only happens when setting an env. variable "GTK_USE_PORTAL=1". Some observations from further testing: - This only affects pop-ups that spawn out of a panel - e.g. application launcher, clock/calendar pop-up; but not things that spawn from elsewhere like window switcher effect, Ctrl+Alt+Del dialog, or the translucency desktop effect when moving windows if activated or other similar situations that trigger a transparency event. - The GTK_USE_PORTAL setting had actually no effect, it was just random chance. - The bug disappears if I set the panel itself to be translucent (right click -> Enter Edit Mode -> More Options -> Opacity -> Translucent) (my usual setting is "Opaque"). 1. Are any of the windows for those apps touching your Panel/taskbar when this happens? 2. Are you able to force the panel and its popups to always be opaque or translucent using the options with the same name in the "More Options" popup of the panel edit mode toolbar? 3. I notice the menu background doesn't have blur. Is the "Blur" effect in System Settings > Workspace Behavior > Desktop Effects disabled? Or does it not even appear there? (In reply to Nate Graham from comment #5) > 1. Are any of the windows for those apps touching your Panel/taskbar when > this happens? > 2. Are you able to force the panel and its popups to always be opaque or > translucent using the options with the same name in the "More Options" popup > of the panel edit mode toolbar? > 3. I notice the menu background doesn't have blur. Is the "Blur" effect in > System Settings > Workspace Behavior > Desktop Effects disabled? Or does it > not even appear there? 1. It doesn't make a difference if I start them maximized (they touch the panel) or not (don't touch the panel). It also keeps being broken after I close the apps. 2. Yes, and forcing it to be transparent has the intended effect in the pop-ups, with the undesirable side effect that now the whole panel is transparent. 3. It's there, and I have it deactivated so that the pop-ups would look like in the first screenshot. Any chance it starts working again if you re-enable "Background Contrast" and "Blur"? What about if you use Kicker or the new Kickoff, and not the old Kickoff? (In reply to Nate Graham from comment #7) > Any chance it starts working again if you re-enable "Background Contrast" > and "Blur"? > > What about if you use Kicker or the new Kickoff, and not the old Kickoff? But still happens when enabling "Blur" or "Background Contrast" or switching to the new application launchers. The bug also happens to tooltips when I hover the mouse over a widget and to the clock/calendar if I click it. Thanks for the info. Any ideas what could be causing this, Niccolò? |
Created attachment 157119 [details] kde_transparent_menu SUMMARY Some transparent menus like the po-up when clicking the clock or the application launcher will stop being transparent after certain apps are launched. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Go to System Settings -> Workspace Behavior -> Desktop Effects -> untick "Background Contrast" and "Blur". 2. Click the applications launcher icon (bottom-left corner in the panel). Notice that it is transparent. 3. Launch any of the following apps: web browsers, mail clients, kcolourpaint. 4. Close said app. 5. Open the applications launcher again. OBSERVED RESULT It's not transparent anymore. EXPECTED RESULT Should be transparent. See attached pictures for before/after. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 12 KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.2 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.103.0 Qt Version: 5.15.8 Kernel Version: 6.1.0-6-amd64 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: X11 Processors: 20 × 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-12700H Memory: 62.5 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® Graphics Manufacturer: SLIMBOOK Product Name: Executive ADDITIONAL INFORMATION