Bug 509824

Summary: With panel width set to "fit content" and panel visibility set to "auto hide", allow showing the task bar also by moving the mouse to the bottom of the screen left and right of the task bar
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: 8192k <net>
Component: Task Manager and Icons-Only Task Manager widgetsAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal CC: niccolo, qydwhotmail
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 6.3.6   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
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Description 8192k 2025-09-23 13:33:40 UTC 
SUMMARY
With panel width set to "fit content" and panel visibility set to "auto hide", the task bar does not show when moving the mouse to the bottom of the screen left and right of the task bar.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Set task bar panel settings to "fit content" for panel width and "auto hide" for panel visibility.
2. Try showing the task bar by moving the mouse towards the bottom of the screen.
3. The task bar will only show when moving the mouse towards the bottom where the task bar actually is. This should also happen to the left and right of the task bar as it is sometimes not intuitive to know where the task bar is atm as the size can change.

OBSERVED RESULT
Task bar doesn't show when moving mouse towards the bottom outside of where the task bar is hidden.

EXPECTED RESULT
Task bar shows everywhere on the bottom of the screen.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Manjaro 6.12.44-3
KDE Plasma Version: Plasma 6.3.6 Wayland
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.17.0
Qt Version: 6.9.1

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Not sure if feature request or bug.
Comment 1 Bug Janitor Service 2025-09-23 14:33:42 UTC 
Thank you for the bug report!

However Plasma 6.3.6 no longer receives updates or maintenance from KDE; active versions are 6.4 or newer. Please upgrade to an active version as soon as your distribution makes it available to you. Plasma is a fast-moving project, and bugs in one version are often fixed in the next one.

If you need help with Plasma 6.3.6, please contact your distribution, who bears the responsibility of providing help for older releases that are no longer receiving updates from KDE.

If you can reproduce the issue after upgrading to an active version, feel free to re-open this bug report.
Comment 2 Niccolò Venerandi 2025-09-23 15:02:20 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 464856 ***