SUMMARY this may be related to Bug 423633. basically setting the meta key to open the latte start menu in the global config does nothing. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. go into the configure latte global settings 2. check press meta to activate app launcher 3. will not let you apply the setting OBSERVED RESULT the setting is not applied. checking the lattedockrc file in the .config folder shows that there isn't even an option for that written there it seems to be missing EXPECTED RESULT setting applied and meta key opens app launcher. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Operating System: Arch Linux KDE Plasma Version: 5.19.2 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.71.0 Qt Version: 5.15.0 Kernel Version: 5.7.6-12-tkg-pds OS Type: 64-bit Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core Processor Memory: 15.6 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: GeForce GTX 1080/PCIe/SSE2
Of course and there isn't because it reads the kwinrc file which is also responsible for this. Are you sure it does not work? Send me please your Latte layout file to check it out.
Created attachment 129803 [details] latte layout here is my latte layout like I said i tried checking the setting box that says use meta for app launcher and it won't let me hit apply and when I close the window and reopen it it's unset again
Are you building Latte yourself or rely to Arch? It's git version is totally outdated, I think that was fixed four months ago.
I'm using the aur which builds from the latest git. it does not matter how long ago the package was updated. the aur git packages only need to be updated when a major change happens like a repo change as far as I know. just to test I will try building from source
still have the issue building from the latest git
1. Do you have a ~/.config/kwinrc file? 2. When you enable the meta option in Latte Preferences do you have in your kwinrc file the following? [ModifierOnlyShortcuts] Meta=org.kde.lattedock,/Latte,org.kde.LatteDock,activateLauncherMenu
yes I have the kwinrc file but it dosn't have the line you mentioned. let me try adding it manually
ok well adding that line to my kwinrc file allowed the settings in the latte settings to be checked but its still not doing anything mabye i need to restart plasma let me try that
yup that did it start menu is now working