Bug 474031

Summary:	Application Dashboard does not close on focus loss like other launcher menus do
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	michellabrie404 <aristide.kde>
Component:	Application Dashboard widget	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	minor	CC:	kde, nate, sephiroth_pk
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	usability
Version First Reported In:	6.2.4
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:	https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/commit/5bed44c75e75d3de13ddf5029d906e292fbddb0f	Version Fixed/Implemented In:	6.5.0
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	Screenshot

Description michellabrie404 2023-09-01 18:44:03 UTC

SUMMARY
- when I open fullscreen menu and change window focus, menu is not closed. 
- When I type text in this selected window, text is send to menu, not in Window.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open fullscreen app menu
2. Select window on other screen (whatever : Eg : Konsole)
3. Type whatever in this window.

OBSERVED RESULT
- Menu stay opened
- Text is send to fullscreen menu

EXPECTED RESULT
- Close fullscreen menu when other window has focus.

Comment 1 michellabrie404 2023-09-01 18:50:27 UTC

INFORMATION : 
- Tested on Archlinux too : Same problem

Comment 2 Nate Graham 2025-04-18 16:46:12 UTC

Can confirm. It doesn't close on focus loss like the other launcher menus do.

Comment 3 Riccardo Robecchi 2025-09-16 09:23:34 UTC

Created attachment 184975 [details]
Screenshot

I've just encountered this bug, it is still present on Plasma 6.4.5. See the screenshot for the sort of paradoxical things you can do thanks to the bug.

Comment 4 Bug Janitor Service 2025-09-30 13:56:32 UTC

A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/merge_requests/3224

Comment 5 Niccolò Venerandi 2025-10-01 11:40:52 UTC

Git commit cd2fec3ddfcee26ed53d177843aabdae76aac9cf by Niccolò Venerandi.
Committed on 01/10/2025 at 11:40.
Pushed by niccolove into branch 'master'.

Hide Dashboard when it loses focus

All other Plasma launchers use PlasmaPopups, which hide when
they lose focus. Instead, the Dashboard uses a DashboardWindow,
which did not. This commit also hides the Dashboard when focus
is lost.

M  +6    -0    applets/kicker/DashboardRepresentation.qml

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/commit/cd2fec3ddfcee26ed53d177843aabdae76aac9cf

Comment 6 Niccolò Venerandi 2025-10-01 11:41:06 UTC

Git commit 5bed44c75e75d3de13ddf5029d906e292fbddb0f by Niccolò Venerandi.
Committed on 01/10/2025 at 11:41.
Pushed by niccolove into branch 'Plasma/6.5'.

Hide Dashboard when it loses focus

All other Plasma launchers use PlasmaPopups, which hide when
they lose focus. Instead, the Dashboard uses a DashboardWindow,
which did not. This commit also hides the Dashboard when focus
is lost.


(cherry picked from commit cd2fec3ddfcee26ed53d177843aabdae76aac9cf)

Co-authored-by: Niccolò Venerandi <niccolo@venerandi.com>

M  +6    -0    applets/kicker/DashboardRepresentation.qml

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/commit/5bed44c75e75d3de13ddf5029d906e292fbddb0f