Version: (using KDE 4.2.2) OS: Linux Installed from: Unlisted Binary Package The Kickoff menu doesn't hide when one clicks outside of it. How to reproduce: - Click on it, the menu is displayed, - Don't launch a program, - Click somewhere outside kickoff, - The menu is still there! Expected behavior: Kickoff should close automatically when the user click outside of it. Or at least an option should be added to control this behavior. This also happens with at least 2 other widgets: the connected devices thingy and the clocks' calendar. The fact that the calendar remains on screen doesn't bother me (actually it can be useful that way) but the others are too big not to close themselves automagically.
Are you using Desktop Compositing (effects) ? Thanks
Possibly related to bug 188655 ? Popup applets are badly broken in 4.2.2 :(
I can reproduce this bug too. With and without compositing.
(In reply to comment #1) > Are you using Desktop Compositing (effects) ? Yes, I am. But just to be sure I tested this without them to no avail. (In reply to comment #2) > Popup applets are badly broken in 4.2.2 :( My shoddy memory seems to remember that it worked as expected in =< 4.2.1 (at least concerning Kickoff).
@A Rojas: it's probably a duplicate. To everyone: if you click the Kickoff icon to launch the menu, does the searchbar at the top get keyboard focus ? If it doesn't. this is a duplicate of bug 188655
No, it doesn't but are you sure it's duplicate? I mean the underlying cause may be same but symptoms themselves are differnt, aren't they? So no duplicates but maybe just related (there are possibilities to mark BR with "Bepends on" or "Blocks")?
(In reply to comment #6) > No, it doesn't but are you sure it's duplicate? +1 on both remarks (although I'm not a developer :-)
May be we can mark it as related/dependsOn. Look at bug 188756 (it shows the two things)
Same problem here, using KDE 4.2.2 on Mandriva Cooker. The Kickoff menu really insists staying open even after I have clicked somewhere on the desktop. Really small but deeply annoying, if you ask me. :)
This is not a wish, this is a bug since it is a regression. It worked well in 4.2.1 and was designed to close when losing focus. I.e., the calendar remains open is by design. If kickoff remains open is a bug. I'm glad we have a classic app launcher. :)
*** Bug 189147 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Same reason and fix as bug 188655 *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 188655 ***