Bug 508124

Summary:	Folder previews are affected by keyboard shortcuts which manipulate windows
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Samuele <samuele.zappala>
Component:	Desktop icons & Folder View widget	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	minor	CC:	hein, kdedev, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	6.4.4
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	One can close folder previews with a keyboard shortuct One can manipulate folder previews with keyboard shortcuts One can move folder previews to different virtual desktops with keyboard shortcuts

Description Samuele 2025-08-11 18:04:28 UTC

SUMMARY
It seems like folder previews shown when hovering over a folder in a folder widget get treated as windows, therefore, through keyboard shortcuts, I can:
- close them with a shortcut
- maximize, fit and minimize them
- move to another virtual desktop

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Place a folder view on the desktop
2. Hover over a folder in such folder view
3. Launch a keyboard shortcut which manipulates windows

OBSERVED RESULT
Keyboard shortcuts apply to folder previews.

EXPECTED RESULT
Folder previews should not be affected by keyboard shortcuts.

Sistema operativo: Fedora Linux 42
Versione di KDE Plasma: 6.4.4
Versione di KDE Frameworks: 6.17.0
Versione di Qt: 6.9.1
Versione del Kernel: 6.15.9-201.fc42.x86_64 (64 bit)
Piattaforma grafica: Wayland
Processori: 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-2400 CPU @ 3.10GHz
Memoria: 16 GiB di RAM (15,4 GiB utilizzabili)
Processore grafico: llvmpipe
Produttore: LENOVO
Nome del prodotto: 7052A9G
Versione di sistema: ThinkCentre M91p

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I suppose the problem is not that they are affected by keyboard shortcuts, rather that they are treated as normal windows at all.

Comment 1 Samuele 2025-08-11 18:05:07 UTC

Created attachment 183958 [details]
One can close folder previews with a keyboard shortuct

Comment 2 Samuele 2025-08-11 18:05:38 UTC

Created attachment 183959 [details]
One can manipulate folder previews with keyboard shortcuts

Comment 3 Samuele 2025-08-11 18:06:05 UTC

Created attachment 183960 [details]
One can move folder previews to different virtual desktops with keyboard shortcuts

Comment 4 Nate Graham 2025-08-11 20:24:33 UTC

Well they are windows, so on a technical level this make sense.

From a UX level, yeah, this is not intentional and we should prevent it.