Bug 474737

Summary:	Manually-arranged Task order changes when Tasks get grouped into textual list
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Jay <joerg>
Component:	Task Manager and Icons-Only Task Manager widgets	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	kde, nate, qydwhotmail
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.27.8
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
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Description Jay 2023-09-20 14:00:28 UTC

SUMMARY
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I have lots of open libreoffice windows. I sort them on the task bar with drag and drop. When I open another program and lack of space forces the libreoffice windows to get grouped, the resulting textlist of windows has a different order.  When the group gets ungrouped again the window order stays as it is.
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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Set grouping to "by program name" (i'm translating from german, so text might be slightly different)
2. Open lots of windows from same app but not enough to trigger grouping.
3. Sort windows with drag and drop.
4. Set on-click behavior of groups to "show textlist"
5. Open other program so that grouping is triggered.
6. Click group.
7. Observer order of windows has changed inside the group.
8. Close the other program again.
9. Observe that window order stays changed and you have to sort them again manually.

OBSERVED RESULT


EXPECTED RESULT


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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2023-09-20 18:26:27 UTC

Can reproduce.

Comment 2 zac 2025-09-05 00:32:42 UTC

Still experiencing this on 6.4.4.  Seems to revert back to alphabetical order.  I don't even have anything pinned, but this will sometimes just randomly happening even when waking from sleep or at other random times