Bug 488971

Summary:	Option to disable the inactivity duration on Hide Cursor and only hide cursor when typing
Product:	[Plasma] kwin	Reporter:	Brodie Robertson <brodierobertson54321>
Component:	compositing	Assignee:	Oliver Beard <olib141>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	olib141
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	6.1.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:	https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/commit/4c8544c44ffed5131cb611793c64f3605b913b74	Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Brodie Robertson 2024-06-22 12:05:44 UTC

SUMMARY
It would be nice with the Hide Cursor desktop effect to be able to disable the hide on inactivity and instead only hide when typing

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Enable the Hide Cursor desktop effect

OBSERVED RESULT
You can set the inactivity duration to 99 seconds but there is no way to disable it

EXPECTED RESULT
Disable the inactivity duration

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: 
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version:  6.1.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.3.0
Qt Version: 6.7.0

Comment 1 Bug Janitor Service 2024-06-22 17:59:38 UTC

A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/5961

Comment 2 Bug Janitor Service 2024-06-26 08:46:45 UTC

A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/5997

Comment 3 Vlad Zahorodnii 2024-06-26 19:24:02 UTC

Git commit 4c8544c44ffed5131cb611793c64f3605b913b74 by Vlad Zahorodnii.
Committed on 26/06/2024 at 19:02.
Pushed by vladz into branch 'master'.

plugins/hidecursor: Allow disabling hiding cursor on inactivity

M  +38   -0    src/plugins/hidecursor/hidecursor_config.cpp
M  +18   -0    src/plugins/hidecursor/hidecursor_config.h
M  +12   -11   src/plugins/hidecursor/hidecursor_config.ui

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/commit/4c8544c44ffed5131cb611793c64f3605b913b74

Comment 4 Vlad Zahorodnii 2024-06-26 19:24:10 UTC

Git commit 585dd069f711f324164279bd2f0e864843cafe4c by Vlad Zahorodnii.
Committed on 26/06/2024 at 19:02.
Pushed by vladz into branch 'master'.

plugins/hidecursor: Change the defaults

It's more likely that this plugin will be enabled because of hiding
cursor when typing so let's use that by default.

M  +2    -2    src/plugins/hidecursor/hidecursorconfig.kcfg

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/commit/585dd069f711f324164279bd2f0e864843cafe4c