SUMMARY During startup there are cases that the icon-only taskmanager fails to restore the proper positions for launchers and at the same time it places windows in the launchers area even though is should not. Workaround: after first activation of faulty positioned windows or launchers they are placed automatically at their correct positions afterwards STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Add an empty plasma panel that contains only the plasma icon-only taskmanager 2. Important: add the following launchers with that specific order: firefox, dolphin, kwrite, telegram, konversation, kfind, kcalc 3. Important: open the following windows only: firefox, kwrite, blender(which does not have any launcher), konsole(which does not have any launcher) 4. restart plasma e.g. with: kquitapp5 plasmashell | kstart5 plasmashell OBSERVED RESULT In my system blender window is placed inside the launchers area (position:3) even though it is not a launcher and firefox is not positioned in position:0 but at position:4, so it is positioned wrongly EXPECTED RESULT launchers should be placed at their correct order independent if there are windows for them and at the same time windows that do not have launchers for them should been always placed in the end ADDITIONAL INFORMATION the faulty behavior appears only if there are two or more windows that belong to launchers. If the launchers do not have windows open then the launchers are always placed correctly, I couldnt reproduce the faulty behavior in that case.
*** Bug 403598 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 413013 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I can reproduce this issue with the current state of git master. After killing and restarting plasmashell, some icons are in messed up positions. Dragging one of them instantly resets everything back to the right state.
*** Bug 413677 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I started experiencing this months ago and assumed a(apparently incorrectly) that it was a quick in my dev setup limited to the case of killing and restarting plasmashell. However we're getting reports of this hitting users in 5.17.
I'm not hitting this anymore in Plasma 5.18 or with git master. Is anyone else?
I am on 5.18.1, but I still get this issue.
Darn.
The issue is back with 5.18.x releases. I am at 5.18.1, OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. GIF : https://www.dropbox.com/s/gfit0lupdywd77u/Icons-only%20Task%20Manager%20DOIDO.gif?dl=0
I can reproduce this now with a new user account using an IOTM. :( It makes the IOTM incredibly frustrating to use.
Actually the latest reported issue is a separate one. I've reported it at Bug 418483. I can still no longer confirm the issue originally described in this bug report (launcher positions are scrambled after restarting plasmashell). Can anyone else?
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(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #11) > Actually the latest reported issue is a separate one. I've reported it at > Bug 418483. > > I can still no longer confirm the issue originally described in this bug > report (launcher positions are scrambled after restarting plasmashell). Can > anyone else? tried to reproduce in 5.18.2 with the step to workaround and it appears that this is not valid, icons are placed correctly on startup now.
Phew!