Bug 375368 - Screen not locking when "Active windows" or "Desktop Grid" is showing windows/desktops
Summary: Screen not locking when "Active windows" or "Desktop Grid" is showing windows...
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Alias: None
Product: kscreenlocker
Classification: Plasma
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Arch Linux Linux
: NOR critical
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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: 397455 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2017-01-21 11:25 UTC by martinovic.antonio
Modified: 2018-08-15 14:23 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Description martinovic.antonio 2017-01-21 11:25:06 UTC 
Version:           unspecified (using KDE 5.8.5) 
OS:                Arch Linux 

Screen will not lock while open windows or desktops are shown over the screen. Either if you try waiting out the set timer, use keyboard shortcut on even close the laptop lid to sleep the computer the screen will not lock.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
-either show display all windows or desktops on screen
(in my specific case I'm using "Screen Edges" to set these actions on corners of my screen)
-wait, press screen locking shortcut or sleep the machine

Actual Results:  
Screen stays unlocked (wakes from sleep unlocked)

Expected Results:  
It should lock the
Comment 1 Martin Flöser 2017-01-21 17:35:16 UTC 
This is a well known and not fixable design limitation of the X11 windowing system. Our Wayland implementation does not have this limitation.

Unfortunately on X11 there is nothing we can do about it.
Comment 2 Christoph Feck 2018-08-15 08:24:42 UTC 
*** Bug 397455 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***