Bug 481501

Summary:	Suppress trigger shortcuts of Plasma applets while Overview is open
Product:	[Plasma] kwin	Reporter:	saxn <saileshpoudel0>
Component:	effects-overview	Assignee:	KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	fanzhuyifan, nate, postix, tamaskrall42
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Neon
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=454294
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description saxn 2024-02-18 09:01:22 UTC

SUMMARY
After opening overview, press the Meta key, the launcher shows in all desktop but doesn't open it.

OBSERVED RESULT
Application launcher is not launched.

EXPECTED RESULT
Overview should be closed and the launcher should be opened.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Plasma 6.1 dev beta (Wayland)

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2024-02-21 17:15:54 UTC

This one is semi-intentional. The desktop previews show everything that's happening on the desktop, including anything you opened in the background while Overview was open. It would be a bit odd if they didn't IMO.

Comment 2 saxn 2024-02-21 17:24:11 UTC

(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)
> This one is semi-intentional. The desktop previews show everything that's
> happening on the desktop, including anything you opened in the background
> while Overview was open. It would be a bit odd if they didn't IMO.

Maybe, but there is no usecase of launcher view.
We can move windows but not Launcher.
And launcher is shown in all desktop << Is this also expected ?

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2024-02-21 21:02:09 UTC

I agree it's not very useful. But preventing it is challenging. The virtual desktop preview is literally a video of what's happening on that desktop. For example if a movie is playing, its picture will update live. So we have no way to visually suppress something from appearing there without freezing the image, which people would complain about.

Maybe what we could do is suppress trigger shortcuts of Plasma applets while Overview is open. Then Kickoff wouldn't open in the first place.

Comment 4 fanzhuyifan 2024-02-22 01:00:43 UTC

FWIW some shortcuts are still useful in overview mode, like shortcuts for switching desktops, and shortcuts for launching applications, and shortcuts for locking/sleeping. So if we were to implement this, it would be very specific to trigger shortcuts of plasma applets...

Comment 5 Nate Graham 2024-02-22 05:46:35 UTC

Right, that was my thinking too.

Comment 6 postix 2024-02-25 18:59:59 UTC

> The virtual desktop preview is literally a video of what's happening on that desktop.
> For example if a movie is playing, its picture will update live. So we have no way to visually suppress something from appearing there without freezing the image, which people would complain about.

And they really do: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=456280 :)

Comment 7 TraceyC 2024-07-01 17:05:08 UTC

*** Bug 489555 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***