Bug 385563 - Regression: Taskbar pinned items change positions when opened
Summary: Regression: Taskbar pinned items change positions when opened
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 385594
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Task Manager and Icons-Only Task Manager (show other bugs)
Version: 5.11.0
Platform: Neon Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Eike Hein
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Reported: 2017-10-10 23:23 UTC by Shitikanth
Modified: 2017-10-11 20:30 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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2017-10-10 23:23 UTC, Shitikanth 		Details
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Description Shitikanth 2017-10-10 23:23:48 UTC 
Created attachment 108268 [details]
Plasma taskbar bug

Steps to reproduce:

1. Pin a couple of applications to the taskbar (at least two)
2. Open the first application by clicking on the icon or pressing Super + 1

Expected behavior:
Application should open and the icon for that application should remain in the same place.

Actual behavior:
The icon for the application moves to the bottom of the list.

This breaks the workflow for people like me who like to keep some applications between the taskbar and switch between them using Super + <num> shortcut. I can imagine that this will also be pretty annoying for people using the mouse since you can no longer rely on your muscle memory to take you to the expected position of your application in the taskbar, and you have to consciously search for its position every time.
Comment 1 Piotr Keplicz 2017-10-11 08:27:06 UTC 
Confirming this behaviour here on KDE Neon 5.11 (User Edition), upgraded today to 5.11.0.

Apparently other task manager may be affected too: https://github.com/psifidotos/Latte-Dock/issues/724
Comment 2 Paul 2017-10-11 16:09:42 UTC 
Also affecting the icon only task manager. (openSUSE Tumbleweed 20171009)

( https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/527592-KDE-Icon-only-task-manager-chase-the-icon )
Comment 3 Eike Hein 2017-10-11 16:30:06 UTC 
Disable "Keep launchers seperate" in the settings.
Comment 4 Shitikanth 2017-10-11 16:58:46 UTC 
(In reply to Eike Hein from comment #3)
> Disable "Keep launchers seperate" in the settings.

Why? What does that have to do with this bug?! Why are the sort settings being applied to the pinned apps now when they were not being applied to them earlier? This was the original behaviour and the behaviour most people would expect, so even if the change in behaviour is intentional, I would still call it a regression.

Also, can you please wait for feedback from users before marking issue as resolved/fixed? From what I can tell from various forum links people have posted, this issue seems to be affecting a lot of people.
Comment 5 Paul 2017-10-11 17:00:11 UTC 
(In reply to Eike Hein from comment #3)
> Disable "Keep launchers seperate" in the settings.

This bug also affects the icons only task manager, which does not appear to have the setting you refer to.
Comment 6 Paul 2017-10-11 17:10:02 UTC 
New report opened against Icon Only Task manager. Bug # 385619
Comment 7 Nate Graham 2017-10-11 19:52:53 UTC 
This definitely seems like a regression and not a case of misconfiguration or user error.

Marking this as a duplicate of 385594 since there's more technical information in that bug.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 385594 ***