Version: (using KDE 4.2.1) Compiler: gcc 4.3.3 OS: Linux Installed from: Gentoo Packages The feature described on #130444 has been implemented, but it is the default behavior and there's no way to disable it or it is hidden well enough that I have yet to find it. I can't help but end up switching desktops and getting irritated when all I want is to scroll through the page in my webbrowser/okular/whatever, because I naturally move the pointer so that it doesn't disturb my reading somewhere outside the window, which, when maximized, means the target is pretty much narrowed down.
Do you get this when doing mouse wheel on every part of the panel or only when you are above the Pager applet ? Here using: Qt: 4.5.0 + qt-copy-patches-942255 KDE: 4.2.70 (KDE 4.2.70 (KDE 4.3 >= 20090415)) kdelibs svn rev. 958964 / kdebase svn rev. 958965 on ArchLinux i686 - Kernel 2.6.29.1 I can only reproduce this when the cursor is above the Pager applet. Thanks
Pager and Task Manager. KDE is 4.2.2. Pager is small, annoying but not a problem. Task Manager is (usually) pretty big, so it's a problem. IMHO it should be an option for both.
Mouse wheel on Pager indeed switches the virtual desktop, however, mouse wheel on taskbar should only cycle through the opened windows. (of course that if one window is in another virtual desktop, it will switch to it).
I made a patch to make the Pager cycle on wheel optional: http://reviewboard.kde.org/r/641/ I'm going to look for the TaskBar now
Mouse wheel events going to the plasma activity container (a.k.a. desktop background :-) also switch the virtual desktops around. That's even more likely to happen accidentally. Anyway I cannot really make up my mind if this feature isn't really just a bug. It requires you to keep an area of your desktop free of any windows to be useful. Otherwise your cycle ends the moment a window on the next virtual desktop appears under your mouse, because from this point on the wheel events go to this window. If it was once a feature I think it has lost its purpose at the same time virtual desktops lost their individual wallpapers, because the only purpose I can think of is to sit in front of an empty desktop using the mouse wheel to flip through your dozen of virtual desktop, watching the wallpapers fly by :-)
*** Bug 193540 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I just marked #193540 which I filed yesterday as duplicate of this bug, though I'm not sure if this is correct as this report is of wishlist severity, while I consider this a usability bug. Anyway - I'd consider the usability issue perfectly solved by one single switch which turns off all those similar scrolling events in plasma. Adding configuration options for each of those does not add much additional benefit in my opinion.
I would like to see check box controls for this. Not only 1) the virtual desktop pager but 2) dolphin, 3) konsole, 4) konqueror, and 5) the task manager switcher. A check box control allows everybody to configure what they want. KDE does a really good job providing users the option of what they want, but not in this case. :) The only place I found a control option is for disabling cycling virtual desktops when the mouse pointer is over the desktop. For some users I see the usefulness of cycling yet I'm one of those where cycling tends to confuse me. I'm prone to inadvertently bumping the scroll wheel. Then again, I have been warned not to walk and chew gum at the same time. When the mouse pointer is over a tab bar, the task bar, or the virtual desktop pager widget, and I bump the scroll wheel, I'm abruptly interrupted by the scroll event, which disrupts my work flow and concentration.
I would also like to see a feature of being able to turn off the feature of scrolling through open windows when on the Task Manager. I'm currently experiencing a bug where KDE is scrolling through my open windows no matter where my mouse is on the screen. Although this is a separate problem, it could easily be fixed with an option such as this.
Hello! This feature request was filed for KDE Plasma 4, which reached end-of-support status in August 2015. KDE Plasma 5's desktop shell has been almost completely rewritten for better performance and usability, so it is likely that this feature request is already implemented in Plasma 5, or is no longer applicable. Accordingly, we hope you understand why we must close this feature request. If the requested feature is still desired but not implemented in KDE Plasma 5.12 or later, please feel free to open a new ticket in the "plasmashell" product after reading https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved/Bug_Reporting If you would like to get involved in KDE's bug triaging effort so that future mass bug closes like this are less likely, please read https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved#Bug_Triaging Thanks for your understanding! Nate Graham