Bug 378939 - Icons-Only Task Manager & Multiple Monitors, No icons and other funny business
Summary: Icons-Only Task Manager & Multiple Monitors, No icons and other funny business
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Alias: None
Product: kwin
Classification: Plasma
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: unspecified
Platform: openSUSE Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KWin default assignee
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Reported: 2017-04-19 03:40 UTC by Matthew
Modified: 2017-04-19 04:41 UTC (History)
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2017-04-19 03:40 UTC, Matthew
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Description Matthew 2017-04-19 03:40:32 UTC
Created attachment 105083 [details]
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I recently starting taking my laptop (Dell XPS 13 9350) to work and plugging it into my monitor (USB-C adapter to HDMI cable to HDMI-DVI adapter). The main issue I have is that the Icons-Only Task Manager (side bar in image) does not show any of the apps I have open. In the image you can see that Chrome is running and it does not show up (nor do any other programs). 

Also, the Meta key does not open the Application Launcher like it usually does, and desktop icons flow behind the side panel (see: pdf icon in image). Clicking on the Application Launcher opens it as usual, and interacting with the rest of the side panel with my mouse works fine, too.

Another strange issue is that if I set up the external desktop to the left of my laptop monitor (using the display manager), I am unable to drag windows from my laptop screen past my side bar and onto the other window. I can get them to peek over there, but they will stop moving when my mouse gets to the edge of the screen, and when I release my drag, it pops back onto my laptop screen. Telling my computer that the external monitor is above or to the right of my laptop is fine, and I am able to drag windows over there successfully.
Comment 1 Matthew 2017-04-19 03:42:51 UTC
I'd like to note that the problem persists after I remove the second monitor. At some point it seemed fixed, but the problem reappeared.
Comment 2 Martin Flöser 2017-04-19 04:22:04 UTC
Please report one bug report per issue. This report has three issues. This makes it impossible to track when it is resolved. As we cannot resolve this report properly I set to invalid.
Comment 3 Matthew 2017-04-19 04:41:04 UTC
Ok, I understand your concern.

However, I think it makes it easier to deal with all of these when reported together. I assume (possibly incorrectly) that all of these issues stem from a single problem. They all happen together when using a second monitor. It would seem easier to debug the issue if one has all the context at hand. Also, when the bug is fixed, all the symptoms are solved. If reported separately, no one would know that the others are fixed when one is marked as solved.

But if you still prefer them to be broken up as separate issues, I can file them that way as well.