Bug 503139

Summary:	Open widget config windows remain open when entering Edit Mode
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	postix <postix>
Component:	Edit Mode	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	minor	CC:	nate, niccolo.venerandi, niccolo
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	6.3.4
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Attachments:	Screenshot

Description postix 2025-04-21 20:01:41 UTC

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Add the weather widget to your panel
2. Open it's configuration dialog
3. Right click on the panel and choose "edit taskbar"

OBSERVED RESULT
The weather widget config dialog is visible.

EXPECTED RESULT
The dialog is hidden as any other dialog.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Fedora Linux 42
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.13.0
Qt Version: 6.9.0
Kernel Version: 6.14.2-300.fc42.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland

Comment 1 postix 2025-04-21 20:02:57 UTC

Created attachment 180497 [details]
Screenshot

Comment 2 Nate Graham 2025-04-22 15:42:35 UTC

This happens for everything, no?

It's not really a bug; if we closed the window then you could lose any unsaved changes.

Comment 3 postix 2025-04-22 19:45:59 UTC

(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #2)
> This happens for everything, no?

Yes and no: I've checked again, for all widgets, which do have their own config dialog, the window stays visible.
For all others, whose configs live e.g. in the SystemSettings, the SystemSettings window is hidden and can't be brought to front in edit mode.

> It's not really a bug; if we closed the window then you could lose any
> unsaved changes.

No one talked about closing, just hiding like in the "peak to desktop" effect.

I'm not sure if it's useful to have the window in the edit mode,  because there you want to be distraction free.
Secondly, the behavior is fully inconsistent:

1) As mentioned above Config Window Opened -> Edit mode does not work equally for all widgets
2) Edit mode -> Open Config _always_ exits the edit mode

Therefore I'd like to re-open the issue. Feel free to lower the priority to "minor" or if you are still not with me to close it. ;)

Comment 4 Nate Graham 2025-04-23 07:19:22 UTC

Hmm, there's probably some technical difference here in that the widget config windows are opened from Plasmashell, whereas System Settings is a separate app.

I suppose the widget config windows should probably also fly away like other windows do.

Comment 5 Niccolò Venerandi 2025-10-26 15:53:58 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 455128 ***