Bug 333958 - When a movie plays during slideshow, the playback controls are visible until you move the cursor
Summary: When a movie plays during slideshow, the playback controls are visible until ...
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: gwenview
Classification: Applications
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 18.08.2
Platform: openSUSE Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Gwenview Bugs
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Reported: 2014-04-27 14:01 UTC by Roland
Modified: 2025-10-20 17:56 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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video screenshot showing active control panel (2.01 MB, image/jpeg)
2025-10-20 17:48 UTC, Roland
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Description Roland 2014-04-27 14:01:14 UTC
When playing a movie the control panel for videos becomes visible at the bottom of the screen.
By moving the mouse out of the screen this panel disappears.
The appearance of this control panel is very disturbing during a slide show.

Reproducible: Always

Actual Results:  
as described above

Expected Results:  
avoid the appearance of the control panel during the presentation of videos
Comment 1 Roland 2015-05-15 15:10:15 UTC
Unfortunately, no change, no improvement available with gwenview 4.99.x based on KDE Frameworks 5 so far ...
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2017-09-09 02:28:37 UTC
Then how are you supposed to control video playback? This is intended behavior; just move the mouse outside of the playback area.
Comment 3 Roland 2017-09-09 06:24:39 UTC
As mentioned it is absolutely annoying during a slide show when the control panel is active by default. In contrast, no additional information is displayed during an image presentation which works as expected. Therefore, the behavior currently is not consistent.

The behavior should exactly be the other way round: only after moving the mouse during video playback the panel should be activated.
Comment 4 Nate Graham 2017-09-09 13:09:31 UTC
I see what you mean. That makes sense.
Comment 5 Nate Graham 2017-09-10 03:35:41 UTC
Just tested this out and as of Gwenview 16.12.3, during a slideshow the playback controls only appear when you move the mouse to the very bottom of the screen, where the controls are. If you move the mouse anywhere else, the controls disappear in a moment.
Comment 6 Roland 2017-09-10 08:35:46 UTC
Your described behavior would be fine for me but in my case the control panel is on and remains on during the video playback independently from the cursor's position. As soon as the mouse has been moved the panel will disappear. The exception at the very bottom position can also be observed and is reasonable. 

My test configuration during the slide show starts with some images followed by a video. My current SW version is 17.08.0 but there was the same behavior in earlier versions of gwenview.

Perhaps, there is a difference in a (KDE) parameter setting?
Comment 7 Nate Graham 2017-10-09 19:33:20 UTC
I see what you mean now. That's definitely a bug.
Comment 8 A Linux User 2025-09-04 12:18:31 UTC
Thank you for the bug report. Unfortunately we were not able to get to it yet. Can we ask you to please check if this is still an issue with Gwenview 25.08.0 (the latest released version)?
Comment 9 Roland 2025-10-20 17:48:08 UTC
Created attachment 185930 [details]
video screenshot showing active control panel
Comment 10 Roland 2025-10-20 17:50:24 UTC
Comment on attachment 185930 [details]
video screenshot showing active control panel

tested with Gwenview 25.08.2 - no change, see video screenshot
Comment 11 Roland 2025-10-20 17:51:50 UTC
tested with Gwenview 25.08.2 - no change, see video screenshot
Comment 12 Roland 2025-10-20 17:55:11 UTC
tested with Gwenview 25.08.2 - no change, see video screenshot
Comment 13 Roland 2025-10-20 17:56:21 UTC
tested with Gwenview 25.08.2 - no change, see video screenshot