Bug 475534

Summary:	Panel does not show up when "windows can cover" and Kate lays upon it
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Matthias <shalokshalom>
Component:	Panel	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	normal	CC:	kde, nate, niccolo.venerandi, waqar.17a
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	master
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Other
OS:	Other
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Matthias 2023-10-12 21:01:57 UTC

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1.  Set panel to "windows can cover"
2. Open Kate

OBSERVED RESULT

Panel does not appear

EXPECTED RESULT

Panel appears


Operating System: Garuda Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.8
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.110.0
Qt Version: 5.15.11
Kernel Version: 6.5.6-zen2-1-zen (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-6200U CPU @ 2.30GHz
Memory: 7,4 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® HD Graphics 520
Manufacturer: HP
Product Name: HP EliteBook 820 G3

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Panel appears with both Firedragon (Firefox fork) and Dolphin.

Comment 1 Matthias 2023-10-12 21:02:26 UTC

Sorry, under Wayland, I should have mentioned. 
Does not happen with X11.

Comment 2 Matthias 2023-10-18 07:21:52 UTC

I think I should reassign this to Kate, as it seems an issue with it specifically.

Comment 3 Waqar Ahmed 2023-10-19 08:14:04 UTC

Unlikely Kate can do much about this.

Comment 4 Matthias 2023-10-21 08:54:02 UTC

So we just leave this buggy? Or is this something the plasma panel can do about it? Do you know the origin of this problem?

Comment 5 Nate Graham 2023-10-23 18:21:26 UTC

I'm afraid the "Windows Can Cover" Panel visibility mode has been removed for Plasma 6 and we aren't planning to bring it back. In its place, we plan to implement an "intelligent auto-hide" or "dodge windows" mode, per Bug 349785. This should hopefully be much better than "Windows Can Cover" ever was, and offer support for its use cases.

Thanks for your understanding!