Bug 515296

Summary:	When panel auto-hides while a widget is open, then widget does not reappear
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	fernandez.eg
Component:	Panel	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	akselmo, niccolo.venerandi, notmart
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	6.5.5
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description fernandez.eg 2026-01-30 07:57:39 UTC

SUMMARY
My panel is set to Auto-hide. When opening a panel widget (e.g. system tray Audio Volume, Networks, Plasma Launcher menu etc.) and then clicking on an open Window (e.g. Konsole) without closing the system tray widget, the panel auto-hides. Subsequently, when hovering the mouse at the bottom, the panel reappears normally, however clicking on the widget does not make the widget dialog reappear (but the close popup arrow moves, a blue bar appears as if it were open).

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Set Panel on auto-hide
2. Open a window (e.g Konsole)
3. Make panel  appear, and open a system tray (e.g. Audio Volume)
4. Without closing Audio Volume, click on the Konsole in desktop background. Panel auto-hides
5. Make panel appear again and click on Audio Volume in System Tray, it does not appear.

OBSERVED RESULT
I observed this 100% with system tray widgets, and sometimes with Launcher (but cannot reproduce it 100%).

EXPECTED RESULT
Widget dialogs should reappear even after being auto-hidden with Panel.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.22.0
Qt Version: 6.10.1
Kernel Version: 6.18.7-zen1-1.1-zen (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 8-Core Processor
Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (30.4 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080/PCIe/SSE2
Graphics Processor 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080/PCIe/SSE2

Comment 1 Akseli Lahtinen 2026-01-30 11:33:31 UTC

I am unable to repro this

Operating System: KDE Linux 2026-01-30
KDE Plasma Version: 6.6.80
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.23.0
Qt Version: 6.10.1
Kernel Version: 6.18.7-zen1-1-zen (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor
Memory: 16 GiB of RAM (15.5 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 6600

Comment 2 Marco Martin 2026-01-30 14:10:46 UTC

can't reproduce either

Comment 3 fernandez.eg 2026-01-30 14:41:15 UTC

Thank you for the feedback. I am puzzled. Would a recording help?
Also as additional info, I am using a widescreen 3440x1440 at 144Hz, I do not know if this could be important. What would you recommend? Should I try to reset my KDE config? Or test with a new user, so with a new config?

Comment 4 fernandez.eg 2026-01-30 15:02:49 UTC

I just created a new user and tried to reproduce this bug. I set the panel to the same geometry (centered, translucent, personalised size as it only occupies 50% of the screen width) and indeed I cannot reproduce it with a fresh user. Could I have old KDE settings on my current user that leads to this issue?

Comment 5 fernandez.eg 2026-01-30 15:21:33 UTC

It seems I can reproduce with my current user using 2 windows (overlapping, one front, and one back). Then I display Audio Settings from the panel, and then click on the back window (not the front), and trigger the bug. I need to verify if this occurs with new user, but could you please try that way?