Version: (using KDE 4.3.0) OS: Linux Installed from: Gentoo Packages Just after boot I have working desktop grid - I can switch virtual desktops by choosing them with mouse and the clicking on. But after some time elapsed, I can't do that anymore - when I click on virtual desktop - mouse cursor behave like it going to move some window (its shape becomes cross) and from time to time windows and plasma panels on desktops are flashes.
As you didn't mention explicitly: Can you select a desktop with the arrow keys and activate it by pressing "Enter" in such situations? To me the cursor indeed becomes a cross -even if i click just the desktop- but releasing it w/o moving activates the desktop. However there is apparently no "deadzone" i.e. the movemode is triggered by one(?!) pixel. Do you use a touchpad?
SVN commit 1013898 by graesslin: Only show cross cursor in desktop grid when clicking on a movable window. CCBUG: 204571 M +1 -1 desktopgrid.cpp WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1013898
SVN commit 1013901 by graesslin: Backport r1013898: Only show cross cursor in desktop grid when clicking on a movable window. CCBUG: 204571 M +1 -1 desktopgrid.cpp WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1013901
Yes, I can change desktop with keyboard. I use mouse, not touchpad. I have this behaviour on both my work and home computers (the same Linux Gentoo on them), Does this bug resolved with the lasts commits mentioned in bug's comments?
(In reply to comment #4) > Does this bug resolved with the lasts commits mentioned in bug's comments? Probably not, as up to now we do not yet know the bug and are unable to reproduce. Thomas just showed that there is another bug and that's why I cc-ed this bug when doing the commit. As you see it was a trivial bug - when I read Thomas mail I knew instantly what to change where (it should be always like that ;-) )
I just tried to reboot my machine again and start to work... All was ok some time... before I launched firefox - in short time after that desktop grid became unusable. Maybe there are some window management fixes for mozilla's products? For additional info: - Version of firefox is 3.5.1 - My window decoration and widget theme is QtCurve for kde, gtk applications.
I wonder whether this may be due to some "micro-judder" of your mouse cursor (i just saw on another machine, seems to be related to the mousepad) Can you -after this problem turned up- try running "xev" from konsole (to have some output) and place the pointer into it? If you then take your hands off the mouse, do you still get some MotionNotify events?
No, after I take hands off the mouse, there are no MotionNotifies.
Ok, I have this bug popped up after I've launch any of Mozilla Firefox, Opera or Chromium.
I also have this bug, it appears to start happening after I do a desktop switch not using the grid view. I have move workspace right assigned to the hotkey Ctrl+Alt+Right. After I use this hotkey, desktop grid ceases to focus on a workspace when clicking on it. I can still navigate with the arrow keys and enter however.
I've just upgraded to KDE 4.3.1 on both work and home machines and it seems that this bug was fixed in this release.
and another bug which has fixed itself by pure magic :-) Please reopen if it appears again