Bug 497808

Summary:	The Application Menu doesn't stop highlighting the latest hovered app
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Fernando Marcelino Muniz <fernandommuniz>
Component:	Application Launcher (Kickoff) widget	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	minor	CC:	hein, john.kizer, mikel5764, nate, noahadvs, notmart, plasma-bugs-null
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	6.2.4
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	Highlight remains on last hovered file.

Description Fernando Marcelino Muniz 2024-12-23 04:18:11 UTC

Created attachment 176834 [details]
Highlight remains on last hovered file.

As the attachment shows, the last file the user hovered remains highlighted even when the cursor is over empty space.
It even remains highlighted when the cursor is outside the Application Menu and over a desktop file.

This is similar to Bug 494733

Comment 1 John Kizer 2025-01-02 04:01:27 UTC

Hi - the design of the Application Launcher is that there's always something actively selected in the list/grid on the right-hand side. Is the proposal to make that no longer the case? That would seem difficult, as the menu can't only respond to mouse cursor position but should also be mindful of keyboard navigation.

(For what it's worth, I don't necessarily know that this would be related to 494733 - that would seem to deal with desktop icons, as opposed to the Application Launcher widget?)

Comment 2 Fernando Marcelino Muniz 2025-01-02 04:30:42 UTC

Oh yeah, removing that would ruin keyboard usage... Didn't think of that.