Bug 504615

Summary: Metabug: plasmashell can be blocked by modal child dialogs
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: Nate Graham <nate>
Component: generalAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status: CONFIRMED ---    
Severity: task CC: a1sadqw, akselmo, kde
Priority: HI Keywords: usability
Version First Reported In: master   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:
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Bug Depends on: 400255, 478050, 501938, 504608    
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Description Nate Graham 2025-05-21 14:01:19 UTC
When a UI spawned by plasmashell is or opens a modal dialog window, all of plasmashell freezes until the window is closed.

This is technically correct and intentional, but offers an unexpected and poor UX.

This metabug collects child bug reports about the issue happening so they can all be found in one place.