Bug 503343

Summary:	Clicking the "Keep Open" pin on the Bluetooth device viewer changes to the Status and Notifications pop-up for Wayland to X11 Video bridge and disables other task manager items like clipboard and volume control
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Paul Hands <jphands>
Component:	Task Manager and Icons-Only Task Manager widgets	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	CC:	kdedev, qydwhotmail
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	master
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Kubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	The Bluetooth view I wanted to keep open The task manager after clicking Keep Open on the Bluetooth view The Task Manager before clicking on Keep Open on the Bluetooth view Task manager entries after clicking on Keep Open in the Bluetooth viw.

Description Paul Hands 2025-04-25 14:58:59 UTC

Created attachment 180645 [details]
The Bluetooth view I wanted to keep open

SUMMARY
I was testing Bug 427430, and wanted to take a screenshot of the icons and text task manager.with spectacle.  In order to do that, I opened the Bluetooth item, and tried to pin it so it would stay open while I used Spectacle.  When I clicked the  "Keep Open" pin, the view changed to the Wayland to X11 bridge notification, and most of the task manger items were disabled.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open the Bluetooth item in the task manger and view bluetooth devices.
2. Click the "Keep Open" pin
3. Most task manager items go away!

OBSERVED RESULT
I have screenshots, but the taskmanager goes from showing several items to only two: Vorta and HPLIP, in my case.


EXPECTED RESULT
The Bluetooth device view would remain open while i took a screenshot.

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

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 Paul Hands 2025-04-25 15:00:45 UTC

Created attachment 180646 [details]
The task manager after clicking Keep Open on the Bluetooth view

Comment 2 Paul Hands 2025-04-25 15:02:12 UTC

Created attachment 180647 [details]
The Task Manager before clicking on Keep Open on the Bluetooth view

Comment 3 Paul Hands 2025-04-25 15:03:12 UTC

Created attachment 180648 [details]
Task manager entries after clicking on Keep Open in the Bluetooth viw.

Comment 4 Paul Hands 2025-04-25 15:08:06 UTC

I should have said that the workaround is to re-enable those items in the task manager entry list, so this is not a high priority....if you know you can re-enable those items, but it was alarming at first.

Comment 5 TraceyC 2025-04-25 20:04:25 UTC

Thanks for filing this bug report. Please provide the following information, as asked for in the template:

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

Comment 6 Paul Hands 2025-04-25 20:11:34 UTC

(In reply to TraceyC from comment #5)
> Thanks for filing this bug report. Please provide the following information,
> as asked for in the template:
> 
> SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
> Windows: 
> macOS: 
> (available in the Info Center app, or by running `kinfo` in a terminal
> window)
> Linux/KDE Plasma: 
> KDE Plasma Version: 
> KDE Frameworks Version: 
> Qt Version:

Hi Tracey,

I thought all that was in the original report, but happy to repeat!

Operating System: Kubuntu 25.04
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.12.0
Qt Version: 6.8.3
Kernel Version: 6.14.0-15-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 24 × AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core Processor
Memory: 125.7 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 6600
Manufacturer: ASUS


I should add that the effect is repeatable. And ask a question...is the list of task manager items configured for the entire session, or per screen or workspace?  I ask because when I set thongs like clipboard to "always show", it was disabled again when I tried to pin the bluetooth devices, but I was in a different screen in the same workspace.

Comment 7 TraceyC 2025-04-28 16:14:32 UTC

Thanks for the additional details. I'm not able to reproduce this on git-master or in a Kubuntu 25.04 VM
Can you create a new user and see if you can reproduce the bug?

(In reply to Paul Hands from comment #6)
> I should add that the effect is repeatable. And ask a question...is the list
> of task manager items configured for the entire session, or per screen or
> workspace?  I ask because when I set thongs like clipboard to "always show",
> it was disabled again when I tried to pin the bluetooth devices, but I was
> in a different screen in the same workspace.

I assume that when you say workspace, you're referring to what is also called virtual desktops
Each virtual desktop has the same panels, and can have more than one
Each panel can have a system tray. The system tray has unique settings per panel

For example, right now I have one panel on top, and one on bottom
The top panel is set to always show the battery/power icon. That will always show on all workspaces
The bottom panel is set to only show battery/power when relevant. It will only show when relevant on this panel

Comment 8 Paul Hands 2025-04-28 16:40:11 UTC

Hi Tracey,

Thanks for the input and explanations.

After being reproducible all day yesterday, the problem has gone away.  The only thing that happened in the meantime was that the screensaver cut in overnight.  I see a lot of plasmashell crashes overnight, and the automatic restart may have removed the issue.

Let's close the ticket, and mark it "flaky user"!!

Comment 9 TraceyC 2025-04-28 20:03:22 UTC

i'm glad to hear that a reboot sorted it out. If there had been system updates and the system hadn't been rebooted afterwards, that could have caused it. If that was the case, there would be mismatches between what was being loaded from disk and what was in memory.

I'll go ahead and close this out. Thanks!