| Summary: | Minimized Kate Window can not be restored | ||
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| Product: | [Applications] kate | Reporter: | ronaldotto <ynnor> |
| Component: | application | Assignee: | KWrite Developers <kwrite-bugs-null> |
| Status: | RESOLVED FIXED | ||
| Severity: | normal | CC: | christoph, waqar.17a, ynnor |
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version First Reported In: | 22.12.3 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | macOS (DMG) | ||
| OS: | macOS | ||
| Latest Commit: | https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kate/-/commit/f9fcdef19d24dda30fb38b71e1291a45fdb8aa1b | Version Fixed In: | |
| Sentry Crash Report: | |||
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Description
ronaldotto
2025-01-29 10:55:05 UTC
You are using a super old version of Kate. Can you try a newer version? https://kate-editor.org/get-it/ (In reply to Waqar Ahmed from comment #1) > You are using a super old version of Kate. Can you try a newer version? > https://kate-editor.org/get-it/ The most recent version on this get-it site is broken, at least on MacOS Monterey. It is master-8881, and when I want to start it, I get the error message “kate.app” can’t be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software. Is there somewhere an archive of older Kate version, which I could try? You need no add an exception in the security settings, but Apple hides that well, that is independent of the Kate build version. (In reply to Christoph Cullmann from comment #3) > You need no add an exception in the security settings, but Apple hides that > well, that is independent of the Kate build version. You don't know by chance how to do it? It doesn't seem to be in the context menu of finder. I just wonder why this happens only with Kate. I have installed plenty of programs via a dmg file, and never experienced this problem. Just found it. It is from the apple menu to "System Preferences", then "Security and Privacy", and then the tab sying "General". One has to click on the lock symbol, before changes can be made. Just found it. It is from the apple menu to "System Preferences", then "Security and Privacy", and then the tab sying "General". One has to click on the lock symbol, before changes can be made. I have installed the newest Kate version (25.03.70) and the bug is exactly the same. 🐛🧹 ⚠️ This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 15 days. Please provide the requested information, then set the bug status to REPORTED. If there is no change for at least 30 days, it will be automatically closed as RESOLVED WORKSFORME. For more information about our bug triaging procedures, please read https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Bug_triaging. Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone! (In reply to Bug Janitor Service from comment #8) > 🐛🧹 ⚠️ This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 15 > days. Please provide the requested information, then set the bug status to > REPORTED. If there is no change for at least 30 days, it will be > automatically closed as RESOLVED WORKSFORME. > > For more information about our bug triaging procedures, please read > https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Bug_triaging. > > Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone! The problem is also reproducible with Kate 25.03.70 Is there any additional information I can provide? Why is this set to "FIXED"? What has been fixed? Guess that was an accident, if that still happens with the current build, the minimized issue, we can re-open this. Well, as I wrote, I *do* have the most recent version (just downloaded it again for the safe side), but I have now a new finding: The problem occurs only if I move back to Kate using the task switcher (Command+Tab on MacOS). If I instead click on the Kate icon in my Dock, the Window gets restored. (In reply to ronaldotto from comment #12) > Well, as I wrote, I *do* have the most recent version (just downloaded it > again for the safe side), but I have now a new finding: > > The problem occurs only if I move back to Kate using the task switcher > (Command+Tab on MacOS). If I instead click on the Kate icon in my Dock, the > Window gets restored. Hmm, then I don't know if we can adjust that or this needs to be reported upstream to Qt. (In reply to Christoph Cullmann from comment #13) > (In reply to ronaldotto from comment #12) > > Well, as I wrote, I *do* have the most recent version (just downloaded it > > again for the safe side), but I have now a new finding: > > > > The problem occurs only if I move back to Kate using the task switcher > > (Command+Tab on MacOS). If I instead click on the Kate icon in my Dock, the > > Window gets restored. > > Hmm, then I don't know if we can adjust that or this needs to be reported > upstream to Qt. This I don't know either, but I believe that there is something in the design of the Kate UI which can help here: My guess is that it is basically a problem of MacOS, that, if you use the task switcher to switch to an application which "belongs“ to a different apple space, the windows are not always recreated. Therefore, many applications (in particular text editors) provide in the window bar an entry typically saying "Window", and when you click on it you get a list of all open windows managed by this application, and clicking on the respective window, the window gets restored. This at least would be a suitable workaround. A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kate/-/merge_requests/1764 Git commit f9fcdef19d24dda30fb38b71e1291a45fdb8aa1b by Christoph Cullmann. Committed on 13/04/2025 at 12:33. Pushed by cullmann into branch 'master'. add menu to switch between Windows M +2 -1 apps/lib/data/kateui.rc M +2 -18 apps/lib/kateapp.cpp M +9 -0 apps/lib/kateapp.h M +78 -0 apps/lib/katemainwindow.cpp M +6 -0 apps/lib/katemainwindow.h https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kate/-/commit/f9fcdef19d24dda30fb38b71e1291a45fdb8aa1b |