Bug 505082

Summary: Text is partially cut off on desktop folders with long names at the bottom near the plasma panel
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: Sevenseraphim <Sevenseraphim>
Component: Desktop icons & Folder View widgetAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal CC: hein, kde, nate
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 6.3.5   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Manjaro   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: text cut off at the bottom where it says "Stickers test"
my panel settings
My KDE font settings
Text bug is fully reproducible by increasing the font size

Description Sevenseraphim 2025-06-01 08:32:25 UTC
Created attachment 181947 [details]
text cut off at the bottom where it says "Stickers test"

SUMMARY
Text is partially cut off on desktop folders at the bottom just above the plasma panel

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Give a folder on the desktop a long name such that it is two rows long
2. Place the folder just above the floating panel (panel is at the bottom of the screen in this case)

OBSERVED RESULT
The bottom of the text is slightly cut off

EXPECTED RESULT
The text should not be cut off at the bottom

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.14.0
Qt Version: 6.9.0
Kernel Version: 6.12.28-1-MANJARO (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland

Additional info:
Please see the attached files (text being cut off and panel configuration)
Comment 1 Sevenseraphim 2025-06-01 08:33:08 UTC
Created attachment 181948 [details]
my panel settings
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2025-06-03 22:44:09 UTC
Cannot reproduce with those settings. Are you using any non-default font settings?
Comment 3 Sevenseraphim 2025-06-04 02:49:07 UTC
Oh it's Nate Graham himself! Hi there! 👋🏻 I've been following your KDE blogs for quite a few years now, I genuinely enjoy and look forward to reading them! Keep up the awesome work! 😊 (ok, maybe that was a bit off topic... 😅)

About the font settings please see the attached image"fontsettings.png" Let me know if there's anything else you need.

Ok I just tested something rn. My current panel was initially set to "floating" I just disabled this and now the text is displayed correctly, it is no longer cut off at the bottom. It almost seems as if the floating panel "reserves" a small area around it which cuts off any text that comes within X number of pixels of that range. Possibly to "preserve" the area it will expand into one you fullscreen an application?
Comment 4 Sevenseraphim 2025-06-04 02:49:39 UTC
Created attachment 182014 [details]
My KDE font settings
Comment 5 Sevenseraphim 2025-06-04 02:52:43 UTC
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GM204 [GeForce GTX 970] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia v: 570.144

also this is my graphics card/driver in case it matters
Comment 6 Sevenseraphim 2025-06-04 14:54:34 UTC
Ok I've finally been able to isolate and reproduce the cause of this bug.

Setting the "general" font size above 10pts causes this bug to happen. The higher the font size the worse it becomes.

At "Noto Sans 10pt" the text is clearly displayed and is not cut.

At "Noto sans 11pt" and larger sizes the text becomes visibly cut off near the panel.

Whenever you change the font size below or above that threshold to cause the bug to happen you need to move the file or folder away from the panel first and then place it back above the panel again for the bug to either happen or to go away. (please see the attached video)
Comment 7 Sevenseraphim 2025-06-04 15:05:22 UTC
Created attachment 182028 [details]
Text bug is fully reproducible by increasing the font size
Comment 8 Nate Graham 2025-06-04 15:52:52 UTC
Thanks, I had a feeling it would be an elevated font size. That means it's the same as Bug 490402. I'll see if I can prioritize fixing that.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 490402 ***
Comment 9 Sevenseraphim 2025-06-04 17:15:02 UTC
Awesome! thanks for the quick replies. At least we know the root cause of the bug now, good thing it's a duplicate. 👍🏻