| Summary: | Full representation shows an "A" even when Caps Lock is off | ||
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| Product: | [Plasma] plasmashell | Reporter: | Jonathan Marten <jjm> |
| Component: | Keyboard Indicator widget | Assignee: | Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null> |
| Status: | CONFIRMED --- | ||
| Severity: | minor | CC: | aleixpol, cwo.kde, nate |
| Priority: | LO | Keywords: | junior-jobs |
| Version First Reported In: | master | ||
| Target Milestone: | 1.0 | ||
| Platform: | Other | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed/Implemented In: | ||
| Sentry Crash Report: | |||
| Attachments: | Screen shot of expanded applet | ||
We actually don't have an icon for that. We'd need a new one. I worry that if we create one, we'll get new bug reports saying "mysterious symbol appears when caps lock is off" We could just not show an icon in that case. Though the capital A is also used for other lock states except NumLock (namely modifier lock with sticky keys enabled). So it's not really a CapsLock only indicator (even though the icon name suggests so). |
Created attachment 187553 [details] Screen shot of expanded applet SUMMARY The expanded state of the applet - which is not particularly useful, but it can be shown by clicking on the system tray icon - shows an icon with an "A" even when Caps Lock is off. The system tray icon shows the same, but the icon is dimmed so the effect is not so obvious. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Turn off both Caps Lock and Num Lock. 2. Click on the indicator applet to expand it. 3. Toggle Caps Lock. OBSERVED RESULT As shown in attached screen shot - an "A" is shown even when Caps Lock is off. Therefore the on/off states of Caps Lock cannot be distinguished by the icon. EXPECTED RESULT When no lock keys are in effect, the indicator should be shown with an empty frame (no "A"). SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: Gentoo 2.17 KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.80 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.21.0 Qt Version: 6.9.2 Kernel Version: 6.6.47-gentoo-x86_64 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: X11 Processors: 3 × AMD Phenom(tm) II X3 705e Processor Memory: 16 GiB of RAM (15.6 GiB usable) Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Looking at the Plasmoid.icon logic in plasma-addons/applets/keyboardindicator/main.qml, the icon "input-caps-on" (which shows the "A") seems to be chosen even where neither modifier key is active. The icon to use would logically be named "input-combo-off", but this icon is not present in Breeze.