Bug 499270

Summary: Task manager is trembling/bouncing when new apps are opened while using the reversed direction setting
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: Denis Gorodnichev <denis.gorodnichev>
Component: Task Manager and Icons-Only Task Manager widgetsAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: CONFIRMED ---    
Severity: minor CC: denis.gorodnichev, nate, qydwhotmail
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 6.2.91   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Gentoo Packages   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:
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Attachments: trembling tasks widget

Description Denis Gorodnichev 2025-01-29 10:47:44 UTC
Created attachment 177784 [details]
trembling tasks widget

SUMMARY
Task manager is trembling when new tasks/icons appears  on left side.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. add "Plasma Tasks" widget on panel and configure it to show new tasks/windows on left side (default value - show on right side)
2. open new window


OBSERVED RESULT
widget is trembling

EXPECTED RESULT
new icon for window appear on left side without trembling

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Operating System: Gentoo 2.17
KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.91
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.10.0
Qt Version: 6.8.1
Kernel Version: 6.12.11-gentoo-dist (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 8 × 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1185G7 @ 3.00GHz
Memory: 31.1 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

the same problem was in plasma-6.2
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2025-01-29 18:45:26 UTC
I can reproduce the issue when using the reversed direction setting.