Bug 472894

Summary:	Bring back "Windows Go Below" Panel visibility mode
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Nate Graham <nate>
Component:	Panel	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	john, johnmaverick74, ngompa13, niccolo.venerandi
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	qt6
Version:	master
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=349785
Latest Commit:	https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/commit/839f4f39fb51059764b0af8a1902389e7f876ad1	Version Fixed In:	6.0
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Nate Graham 2023-08-01 20:50:48 UTC

These visibility modes were not removed deliberately as a result of an intentional design decision, but rather for technical reasons due to the port to standardized Wayland layer-shell protocol; see https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/merge_requests/1521 and https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/merge_requests/2924.

In essence, these features would have been prohibitively challenging to implement on Wayland following the port to use the layer-shell. And the features were removed for X11 too to unify the experience across platforms and not make the KWin code excessively complex.

This bug report tracks re-adding the features in some capacity.

Ideally before Plasma 6 ships, either these modes will be brought back, or else we'll be able to implement Bug 349785 as an acceptable (and much-requested) alternative.

Comment 1 Neal Gompa 2023-08-16 13:45:49 UTC

I would very much like to have this capability as I rely on it when giving presentations or using Mumble (so that I can see the push to talk button always).

Comment 2 Nate Graham 2023-10-23 18:13:19 UTC

Decision is to not bring back "Windows Can Cover" and replace it with an "intelligent auto-hide" or "dodge windows" feature, per Bug 349785.

Windows Go Below will come back, though.

Comment 3 John 2023-11-14 13:11:20 UTC

I use this setting as well and would very much like to have it in Plasma 6. 
It allows me to have a kind of alternative to "Tabbed Windows" (i use the main panel on top, covering most of the window titlebar).

Comment 4 Nate Graham 2023-11-20 19:50:23 UTC

Git commit e767c981bba2341763ccf00c07eaf0fce60e3edf by Nate Graham, on behalf of Niccolò Venerandi.
Committed on 20/11/2023 at 20:50.
Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'.

Panel: re-implement "Windows Go Below" mode

M  +1    -0    shell/panelview.cpp
M  +1    -0    shell/panelview.h
M  +3    -0    shell/scripting/panel.cpp
M  +3    -0    shell/shellcorona.cpp

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/commit/e767c981bba2341763ccf00c07eaf0fce60e3edf

Comment 5 Nate Graham 2023-11-20 19:50:57 UTC

Git commit 839f4f39fb51059764b0af8a1902389e7f876ad1 by Nate Graham, on behalf of Niccolò Venerandi.
Committed on 20/11/2023 at 20:50.
Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'.

PanelConfiguration: re-add UI to enable "Windows Go Below" mode

Depends on https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/merge_requests/3568.

M  +6    -0    desktoppackage/contents/configuration/PanelConfiguration.qml

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/commit/839f4f39fb51059764b0af8a1902389e7f876ad1