Bug 503766

Summary:	Cannot open activity switcher when only 1 activity exists
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Alexander Potashev <aspotashev>
Component:	Activity Switcher sidebar	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	minor	CC:	hein, ivan.cukic, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	6.3.4
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Alexander Potashev 2025-05-04 17:32:38 UTC

SUMMARY
Cannot open activity switcher when only 1 activity exists.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Have 2 activities (maybe it's the default?)
2. RMB on desktop folder view -> open activity switcher
3. In the activity switcher, click "x" to deactivate activity, and then click "x" again to delete activity. Now you're left with 1 activity.
4. Close the activity switcher.
5. RMB on desktop folder view -> look for activity switcher menu item

OBSERVED RESULT
There's no menu item to open activity switcher.

EXPECTED RESULT
There should be a menu item to open activity switcher.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Fedora Linux 41
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.13.0
Qt Version: 6.8.2
Kernel Version: 6.13.11-200.fc41.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz
Memory: 15.4 ГиБ of RAM
Graphics Processor 1: Intel® HD Graphics 530
Graphics Processor 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2025-05-06 15:06:21 UTC

I think this is intentional at this point. Why would you like to open the Activity Switcher when there's nothing to switch to? What's the use case?

Comment 2 Bug Janitor Service 2025-05-21 03:47:03 UTC

🐛🧹 ⚠️ 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.

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Comment 3 Bug Janitor Service 2025-06-05 03:48:04 UTC

🐛🧹 This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 30 days. Closing as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.

Comment 4 Alexander Potashev 2025-08-31 11:18:40 UTC

> Why would you like to open the Activity Switcher when there's nothing to switch to?

For example, to create a new activity. I admit a new activity can be created via KCM, however that may be hard to find for a user who is unaware of  KCM existence while being familiar with the Activity Switcher.