Bug 514003

Summary:	Being able to see the apps' children apps/process
Product:	[Applications] plasma-systemmonitor	Reporter:	Fernando Marcelino Muniz <fernandommuniz>
Component:	general	Assignee:	KSysGuard Developers <ksysguard-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	ahiemstra, plasma-bugs-null
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	6.5.4
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	CachyOS
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	Not enough info regarding the processes' children processes.

Description Fernando Marcelino Muniz 2025-12-31 10:16:42 UTC

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open System Monitor.
2. Try to figure out which app/process is the child of which app/process.

OBSERVED RESULT
You can see them. You will have to go to the process tab and guess which belongs to which.

EXPECTED RESULT
Being able to click on the app to expand and see their children.
In the attachment Steam would show: INSIDE.exe , steamwebhelper , steamwebhelper , steam.exe

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: CachyOS Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.21.0
Qt Version: 6.10.1
Kernel Version: 6.18.2-2-cachyos (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 Fernando Marcelino Muniz 2025-12-31 10:23:37 UTC

Created attachment 188108 [details]
Not enough info regarding the processes' children processes.

Gamers will be more interested in the game's process than Steam as a whole, and not every game has a blatantly obvious executable filename.

Comment 2 Arjen Hiemstra 2026-01-05 15:00:16 UTC

This is already available through the details sidebar.