Bug 513110

Summary: When apps demands attention (orange highlight), they should only be able to stop the panel's auto-hide for 5 seconds, like a notification.
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: Fernando Marcelino Muniz <fernandommuniz>
Component: PanelAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL    
Severity: wishlist CC: nate, niccolo.venerandi
Priority: NOR Keywords: usability
Version First Reported In: 6.5.3   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: CachyOS   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Fernando Marcelino Muniz 2025-12-09 01:38:12 UTC
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
Have an app demand attention, with an orange highlight.

OBSERVED RESULT
The auto-hide mode is paused until the app is interacted with.

EXPECTED RESULT
The app should put the panel's auto-hide mode on hold only for some time, ideally the time of a notification (5 seconds). That way the app gets to call the users attention without messing with usability.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: CachyOS Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.20.0
Qt Version: 6.10.1
Kernel Version: 6.12.60-2-cachyos-lts (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 8 × 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-11300H @ 3.10GHz
Memory: 9 GB of RAM (8.1 GB usable)
Graphics Processor 1: Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
Graphics Processor 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
Manufacturer: LENOVO
Product Name: 82MG
System Version: IdeaPad Gaming 3 15IHU6
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2025-12-09 16:44:33 UTC
What's the problem with the status quo? What issue is it causing you?
Comment 2 Fernando Marcelino Muniz 2025-12-09 16:49:06 UTC
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)
> What's the problem with the status quo? What issue is it causing you?

The issue is that I don't want to mark the Telegram message as read, nor I want to close the app because of my messages I've sent to myself.
But because of that the auto-hide doesn't auto-hide.
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2025-12-09 17:51:37 UTC
Ah, so the issue is Telegram abusing the "needs attention" status for every single message. That is annoying indeed.

Do you have any issues with other apps doing this? Or is it really just Telegram that's annoying enough to make you want the requesteded feature?

Finally, is is not sufficient to uncheck the  "unhide when window wants attention" checkbox in the Task Manager widget's settings window (on the "behavior" page)?
Comment 4 Nate Graham 2025-12-09 18:07:44 UTC
There's also another option: you can make Telegram stop doing this! It's really annoying indeed.

Hamburger menu > Settings > Notifications and Sounds > turn off "Draw attention to the window"
Comment 5 Fernando Marcelino Muniz 2025-12-09 18:16:06 UTC
Sounds promising. But I would still prefer if it gave it attention only for 5 seconds.
Comment 6 Nate Graham 2025-12-09 18:36:44 UTC
Let's try using the existing settings available and see if they reduce the desire you're feeling for this feature. Ideally the "needs attention" state is rarely used by apps, such that you really do need to be interrupted and handle it. In such a case, only appearing for 5 seconds would not be ideal because you could easily miss it.