Bug 492633

Summary: Start menu (kickoff?) doesn't open up for Windows button (meta?) press
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: Szőts Ákos <szotsaki>
Component: Application Launcher (Kickoff)Assignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal CC: fanzhuyifan, mikel5764, nate, noahadvs
Priority: NOR    
Version: 6.1.3   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: openSUSE   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: Applauncher empty

Description Szőts Ákos 2024-09-04 06:15:48 UTC 
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SUMMARY

Start menu (kickoff?) doesn't open up for Windows button (meta?) press.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Load KDE 6
2. Press Windows button

OBSERVED RESULT

Nothing happens

EXPECTED RESULT

Start menu opens up.

I don't know whether the bug is in KWin or Plasma. Please, redirect the bug to the right component if it's not the right one.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20240801
KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.4.0
Qt Version: 6.7.2
Kernel Version: 6.10.2-1-default (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2024-09-05 20:02:01 UTC 
If you create a new clean user account with no customizations. does it happen there? If not, then there's some configuration issue with your normal user account.
Comment 2 Szőts Ákos 2024-09-05 21:46:30 UTC 
Created attachment 173371 [details]
Applauncher empty

With a new user account it works.

I took a look at the global shortcuts section and there the "Activate application launcher" was on "None". Interestingly, marked as modified. I remember that a few releases ago I was very happy that the Start menu finally started to work, so I definitely didn't turn it off.

More interestingly, when I clicked on "Meta" and then on "Apply", Kickoff menu still doesn't open after I press the windows button.
Comment 3 Szőts Ákos 2024-09-22 18:56:22 UTC 
I assume this is a duplicate of Bug 493200. Since I fairly often restart Plasma with "plasma --replace" to work around various bugs, I think this is what happened to me.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 493200 ***