Bug 499771

Summary:	Auto-hide panel stops working after screen lock
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Nick W <nick>
Component:	Panel	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	cwo.kde, niccolo.venerandi
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	6.2.5
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Gentoo Packages
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Nick W 2025-02-10 18:29:49 UTC

SUMMARY

I have my panel set to auto hide and my screen to auto lock. After my screen locks and I unlock it,the panel no longer hides.I have to log out to get it to hide.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Set panel to auto hide
2. Lock session (might need to allow screens to turn off?)
3. Log back in

OBSERVED RESULT

Panel doesn't auto hide

EXPECTED RESULT

Panel auto-hides

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
(available in the Info Center app, or by running `kinfo` in a terminal window)
Linux/KDE Plasma:  Gentoo/6.2.5
KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.5
KDE Frameworks Version:  6.6.9
Qt Version: 6.8.1

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 Nick W 2025-02-15 01:10:37 UTC

It turns out I just need to click on it, then click off again.

Comment 2 cwo 2025-02-17 19:05:41 UTC

(In reply to Nick W from comment #1)
> It turns out I just need to click on it, then click off again.

Still, this is behavior that should not happen. There were some fixes to autohiding panels for Plasma 6.3. If this issue keeps happening, especially once you've upgraded to 6.3, please file another bug report.