Bug 489459

SUMMARY

If a panel is set to custom size, an additional bar appears that allows the user to change the size of the panel. This bar has an unfortunate interaction with the tooltip menus that appear when hovering the pointer over a widget (and/or with the additional blank space). The tooltip appears on the other side of the bar, and closes when the pointer moves over the bar. As a consequence, it is not possible to interact with the options in the toolip.

This doesn't happen 100% of the time; it is possible to get to the tooltip if the movement is smooth and quick, and potentially for other reasons. but often it seems to fail. Playing with it a bit, I've found it quite easy to trigger.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

From new profile

1. Right click the panel, "Show Panel Configuration"
2. Set width to custom. The length configuration bar appears now.
3. Hover over a panel widget (e.g. icontask), wait for the popup to appear, and try to click the "Configure..."

OBSERVED RESULT

The popup (often) closes before the pointer reaches it

EXPECTED RESULT

The user can reach the tooltip with the mouse reliably

Operating System: KDE neon Unstable Edition
KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.80
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.4.0
Qt Version: 6.7.0
Kernel Version: 6.5.0-41-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland