Bug 370964 - "Auto-Hide" mode does not work when using "Switch desktop on edge > Always enabled" setting
Summary: "Auto-Hide" mode does not work when using "Switch desktop on edge > Always en...
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Panel (show other bugs)
Version: 5.92.0
Platform: Kubuntu Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Keywords: accessibility, qt6, usability
: 360391 375658 (view as bug list)
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Blocks: 478797
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Reported: 2016-10-16 17:25 UTC by Rainer Uwe Bode
Modified: 2024-01-23 12:25 UTC (History)
12 users (show)

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Description Rainer Uwe Bode 2016-10-16 17:25:47 UTC
When I select auto hide from the panel settings, the panel disappears for good and does not show after touching the screen top, bottom or sides.  

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open panel settings from the right hand corner of the panel. 
2. Select > more settings. 
3. Select > Auto Hide

Actual Results:  
The panel disappears and does not show after pulling the the cursor against the window bottom. 

Expected Results:  
Panel should appear when I pull the cursor against the bottom and disappear when I move the cursor away from the window bottom. 

The problem is inherited already from the last version. I was hoping that the update to the 16.10 / KDE 5.7.5. version would fix the issue, but that didn't occur. The bug does not harm the system performance, but it sort of annoying.
Comment 1 Bhushan Shah 2016-10-17 03:47:40 UTC
(In reply to Rainer Uwe Bode from comment #0)
> When I select auto hide from the panel settings, the panel disappears for
> good and does not show after touching the screen top, bottom or sides.  

Are you using touchscreen? Also can you please attach ~/.config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc file?

Thanks.
Comment 2 David Edmundson 2016-10-17 10:10:00 UTC
Also do you have Switch Desktop on Edge enabled in System settings -> screen edges?

Please set the status back to unconfirmed when you reply.
Comment 3 Rainer Uwe Bode 2016-10-18 00:47:12 UTC
David, in fact I had  the Switch Desktop function enabled. After setting it to disabled auto-hide works perfectly. Thanks to all for taking the time to look into this. I love KDE and the Plasma Desktop. Best OS I have ever used. 

Where would I go to help more in the development? 

Kind regards. 

Rainer
Comment 4 Marco Martin 2016-10-18 10:54:53 UTC
(In reply to Rainer Uwe Bode from comment #3)
> David, in fact I had  the Switch Desktop function enabled. After setting it
> to disabled auto-hide works perfectly. Thanks to all for taking the time to
> look into this. I love KDE and the Plasma Desktop. Best OS I have ever used. 
> 
> Where would I go to help more in the development? 

on irc at the channel #plasma on freenode and the mailinglist plasma-devel@kde.org
(https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel) are a good start
Comment 5 George Moutsopoulos 2017-01-04 21:45:55 UTC
I came here because I also have this. And like Rainer, I also had the "switch desktops on edge" forgotten on. Once I unclick "switch.." the panel appears. My question is, should there be some hint to the user why the panel does not reappear?
Comment 6 David Edmundson 2017-01-08 20:44:20 UTC
*** Bug 360391 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 7 Hakan Bayindir 2017-01-20 14:52:16 UTC
I'm having the same problem on Debian Testing.

Some details:
- I have switch desktop on edges while moving windows switched on.
- I have two panels, the panel at the top, which contains the system tray is affected. Bottom panel always works as expected.
- My panel behaves correctly, but then decides to stay hidden randomly, for no apparent reason.
- Nudging the panel with some system tray action (like inserting a USB device) makes it re-appear for some time.
- I have three KDE systems with the same configuration (I configured them by hand), and issue is consistent on all three.

I'm a developer, so I'm interested in collaborating on fixing/testing effort.

Last, but not the least, while not a grave bug, it really makes the experience miserable :)

Regards,

Hakan
Comment 8 christian 2017-04-26 19:14:35 UTC
Any updates here, team? I'm still seeing this in 5.9.4. I reported the problem 14 months ago in 360391...
Comment 9 therapon 2017-07-18 19:00:19 UTC
"Switch Desktop on Edge" does not respect the desktop layout. Always Enable assumes you want to use all four edges to switch desktops. In a 4x1 or anything x1 layout, top and bottom screen edges have nothing to switch to and should not be active (as it worked in KDE4).

Expected behavior: top and bottom edges NOT enabled for 1 row of desktops; left and right edges NOT enabled if rows=desktops.
Comment 10 David Edmundson 2017-09-26 23:53:33 UTC
*** Bug 375658 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 11 Alex 2021-01-29 02:59:32 UTC
As far as I could see, this problem still exists on Plasma 5.21 Beta.
Comment 12 Jan Rathmann 2024-01-23 12:25:52 UTC
In Plasma 6.0 it is a bit better in that regard that an additional step is neccessary to trigger the problem:

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. In a fresh session (with one panel at bottom), start Systemsettings.
2. Go to "Window Management -> Virtual Desktops", change number of rows to 2 and then add a second virtual desktop to the second row.
3. Go to "Mouse & Touchpad -> Screen Edges" and set "Switch desktop on edges" to "Only when moving windows "
4. Right click on panel, "Enter edit mode", set panel visibility to auto-hide.
5. Auto-hide now seems to work as expected at first glance.
6. Move a non-maximized window so that it's border touches the bottom screen edge.

ACTUAL RESULT
The panel stays hidden and cannot be revealed by hovering the bottom screen edge with the cursor. A workaround to reveal it again is to press the Meta key to open the Application menu.

EXPECTED RESULT
The panel can still be simply revealed by mouse cursor.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
* With only 1 row of (at least 2) virtual desktops, it can be triggered in a similar way when the panel is on the right screen side.
* Seems to independent of Wayland/X11.
* Reproduced with self-build Plasma 6.0 and on Neon Unstable with current updates.