Created attachment 102613 [details] Screen shot 1 - pointer leaving the desktop Items in the folder view as desktop containment are highlighted when the mouse pointer is over them. This is good for feedback when working on the desktop, but the problem is that if the mouse is moved directly from a highlighted item to a window, the item stays highlighted. This looks like an unwanted artifact, see screenshot 1. The second problem is that, when the pointer is eventually moved back over the desktop (even onto a completely different place) the original highlight then disappears, see screemshot 2. This is a distraction because it happens in the user's peripheral vision, so drawing their attention away from their current position of interest (the mouse pointer). Both of these could be fixed if the highlight could be arranged to disappear when the mouse pointer is not currently over the desktop background.
Created attachment 102614 [details] Screen shot 2 - pointer reentering the desktop
Patch under review at https://phabricator.kde.org/D3593
Git commit 7585f295363532eff51f7e11ef6b62925117aba4 by Kai Uwe Broulik. Committed on 06/12/2016 at 18:54. Pushed by broulik into branch 'Plasma/5.8'. [Folder View] Clear hover state when mouse leaves view This ensures there isn't a stray hovered item when moving the mouse from an item to an adjacent window. FIXED-IN: 5.8.5 Differential Revision: https://phabricator.kde.org/D3593 M +1 -0 containments/desktop/package/contents/ui/FolderView.qml https://commits.kde.org/plasma-desktop/7585f295363532eff51f7e11ef6b62925117aba4
Desktop with this patch is working perfectly, many thanks for the quick fix!