SUMMARY When the panel or its application starter was deleted once, nothing happens anymore, when you have choosen "application starte" from the dropdown menu. Also not when you recreate the application starter in the panel or make a new panel. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Choose application starter in touchscreen edges 2. Delete the application starter or the panel and recreate it 3. Try to activate the application starter via touchscreen edge OBSERVED RESULT The application starter does not react anymore EXPECTED RESULT The application starter should react SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS This problem has exists in every version. I just never reported it, because last time I reinstalled the system anyway. It has not been solved yet. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION I think it would be better to not link this functionality to a starter in the panel, but to let it have its own starter. It would also be nice to have the ability to choose which type of starter you want e.g. simple menu or application starter. I like the application starter for my panel, but for the touchscreen the simple menu or application menu (the fullscreen one) is better.
I filed the bug almost a year ago. Has no one been assigned to it?
Clearly not. :) See https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved/Issue_Reporting#Have_realistic_expectations
That is a pity! :) I think it would be easy to realize and boost Plasma‘s touch friendliness by a lot. I a simple drop-down menu would suffice and the fullscreen application menu (forgot its name) should be the default setting, because it is the only one that is actually touch-friendly.
Created attachment 135723 [details] attachment-28242-0.html Didn't see the link the other day. Okay, I should have "realistic expectations". I still think waiting for a year is very patient ;)
*** Bug 437929 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 443867 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Where is that source code?
(In reply to jan.claussen10 from comment #7) > Where is that source code? Somewhere in here, I imagine: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/tree/master/src/kcmkwin/kwinscreenedges
The application launcher requires a keyboard shortcut to be set for the touch screen swipe action to work. If you delete the panel/launcher and then re-add it, the keyboard shortcut is not set and therefore the swipe action does not work. So if you set the keyboard shortcut (e.g. to Meta + F1), it will work again. The main issue here is that those requirements (i.e. having the application launcher and having set a keyboard shortcut for it) are not documented at all. Ideally, there should be an (i) button in the selection list like done elsewhere. At a minimum, it should be explained in the linked help. Generally, I agree that a full screen application launcher which is not tied to the widget would be the preferred solution on a touch screen.