Bug 424020 - The activity switch bar can't be closed automatically after switch activity
Summary: The activity switch bar can't be closed automatically after switch activity
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Activity Switcher (show other bugs)
Version: 5.19.3
Platform: Manjaro Linux
: VHI normal
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Ivan Čukić
URL:
Keywords:
: 389771 393912 394798 422957 424134 424524 425871 426887 428121 431015 (view as bug list)
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2020-07-09 09:05 UTC by JontyShaw
Modified: 2021-01-04 23:01 UTC (History)
23 users (show)

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Description JontyShaw 2020-07-09 09:05:41 UTC
SUMMARY
Whe I press Meta+Tab to switch activity, It change activity successfully but the activity switch bar can't be closed automatically. It is fixed there. Only after press Meta+Tab many times, It can be closed automatically

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Press Meta+Tab without release them in the same time before the appear of activity switch bar
2. release them, the activity switch bar can't be closed automatically
3. Press Meta+Tab many times, the activity switch bar maybe closed

OBSERVED RESULT
The activity switch bar fixed there

EXPECTED RESULT
The activity switch bar can auto-hide

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: no
macOS: no
Linux/KDE Plasma: Manjaro Kde 20.1.1
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.19.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.71.0
Qt Version: 5.15

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 nyanpasu64 2020-07-09 11:13:26 UTC
This may be a plasmashell bug. Pressing alt+space and running `killall plasmashell ; plasmashell` closes the activities panel.
Comment 2 Patrick Silva 2020-07-12 21:44:17 UTC
*** Bug 424134 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Rolf Eike Beer 2020-07-17 13:41:33 UTC
I see this, too. To get the switcher to hide it looks to me as one has to release the keys while the switch animation is still active.
Comment 4 Yaroslav Sidlovsky 2020-07-20 10:18:20 UTC
Possible duplicates:
1. https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=389771
2. https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=422957
Comment 5 postix 2020-07-29 11:04:25 UTC
*** Bug 422957 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 postix 2020-07-29 11:05:34 UTC
*** Bug 389771 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 7 Angus Scown 2020-07-31 05:12:32 UTC
You can manually close with Meta+q (work-a-round)

I was following the advice to `killall plasmashell` and then ran that from a terminal.  Next time this bug occurred, the following was in my terminal if that helps the person with fixing the bug. 

file:///usr/share/plasma/shells/org.kde.plasma.desktop/contents/views/Desktop.qml:165: TypeError: Value is null and could not be converted to an object
file:///usr/share/plasma/shells/org.kde.plasma.desktop/contents/views/Desktop.qml:165: TypeError: Value is null and could not be converted to an object
file:///usr/share/plasma/shells/org.kde.plasma.desktop/contents/views/Desktop.qml:165: TypeError: Value is null and could not be converted to an object
file:///usr/lib/qt/qml/QtQuick/Controls/Styles/Plasma/ToolButtonStyle.qml:209:13: QML Connections: Implicitly defined onFoo properties in Connections are deprecated. Use this syntax instead: function onFoo(<arguments>) { ... }
file:///usr/lib/qt/qml/QtQuick/Controls/Styles/Plasma/ScrollViewStyle.qml:60:5: QML Connections: Implicitly defined onFoo properties in Connections are deprecated. Use this syntax instead: function onFoo(<arguments>) { ... }
file:///usr/lib/qt/qml/QtQuick/Controls/Styles/Plasma/ToolButtonStyle.qml:209:13: QML Connections: Implicitly defined onFoo properties in Connections are deprecated. Use this syntax instead: function onFoo(<arguments>) { ... }
Comment 8 Yaroslav Sidlovsky 2020-08-04 08:42:58 UTC
Angus, there is patch fixing error message you've mentioned, see: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=422957#c6.
Comment 9 Nate Graham 2020-09-08 13:50:09 UTC
*** Bug 393912 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 10 Nate Graham 2020-09-08 13:50:18 UTC
*** Bug 394798 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 11 Nate Graham 2020-09-08 13:50:51 UTC
*** Bug 425871 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 12 Nate Graham 2020-09-08 13:51:31 UTC
*** Bug 424524 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 13 David Edmundson 2020-09-17 22:50:58 UTC
I can't reproduce with the instructions given.

Is this still an issue with Plasma 5.20 beta?
Comment 14 Anders Lund 2020-09-18 06:40:50 UTC
It does not appear here immediately. I'll be aware during the next week. No 
extra screen during the weekend.
--

fredag den 18. september 2020 00.50.58 CEST skrev du:
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=424020
> 
> David Edmundson <kde@davidedmundson.co.uk> changed:
> 
>            What    |Removed                     |Added
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> CC|                            |kde@davidedmundson.co.uk Status|CONFIRMED  
>                 |NEEDSINFO
>          Resolution|---                         |WAITINGFORINFO
> 
> --- Comment #13 from David Edmundson <kde@davidedmundson.co.uk> ---
> I can't reproduce with the instructions given.
> 
> Is this still an issue with Plasma 5.20 beta?
Comment 15 Piotr Mierzwinski 2020-09-18 12:57:27 UTC
(In reply to David Edmundson from comment #13)
> I can't reproduce with the instructions given.
> 
> Is this still an issue with Plasma 5.20 beta?

I'm not able to reproduce this issue in Plasma 5.20 beta.
I tested it in recent (today updated) KDE neon, so with Plasma version 5.19.90 and KF-5.75.

Nevertheless I still experience this in Plasma 5.19.5, KF-5.74, Qt-5.15.1. Maybe this depends on some switcher in Plasma, but didn't discovered which one.
Comment 16 Piotr Mierzwinski 2020-09-18 13:00:00 UTC
(In reply to nyanpasu64 from comment #1)
> This may be a plasmashell bug. Pressing alt+space and running `killall
> plasmashell ; plasmashell` closes the activities panel.

Faster is usage of shortcut: Meta+Q
Comment 17 Nate Graham 2020-09-18 13:04:42 UTC
Meta+Q does indeed make it stick open, but I think that's intentional. Meta+Tab shows the auto-closing version.

...I have no idea why these are different things, of course.
Comment 18 Piotr Mierzwinski 2020-09-18 16:49:20 UTC
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #17)
> Meta+Q does indeed make it stick open, but I think that's intentional.
> Meta+Tab shows the auto-closing version.
> 
> ...I have no idea why these are different things, of course.

I meant that I'm able to unstick this bar by Meta+Q. When no bar is present then this shortcut just shows it.
When I switch Activities quickly by Meta+Tab - not holding Meta - then bar isn't show. Only when I will hold Meta then bar is shonw and after release Meta, isn't autohide. Now I need to use again Meta+Q to hide it.
Comment 19 Anders Lund 2020-09-18 18:45:48 UTC
One way to hide it is to show the desktop, rightclick and select 
"Activities..."

fredag den 18. september 2020 18.49.20 CEST skrev du:
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=424020
> 
> --- Comment #18 from Piotr Mierzwinski <piotr.mierzwinski@gmail.com> ---
> (In reply to Nate Graham from comment #17)
> 
> > Meta+Q does indeed make it stick open, but I think that's intentional.
> > Meta+Tab shows the auto-closing version.
> > 
> > ...I have no idea why these are different things, of course.
> 
> I meant that I'm able to unstick this bar by Meta+Q. When no bar is present
> then this shortcut just shows it.
> When I switch Activities quickly by Meta+Tab - not holding Meta - then bar
> isn't show. Only when I will hold Meta then bar is shonw and after release
> Meta, isn't autohide. Now I need to use again Meta+Q to hide it.
Comment 20 Piotr Mierzwinski 2020-09-18 18:59:38 UTC
(In reply to Anders Lund from comment #19)
> One way to hide it is to show the desktop, rightclick and select 
> "Activities..."
> 
> fredag den 18. september 2020 18.49.20 CEST skrev du:
> > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=424020
> > 
> > --- Comment #18 from Piotr Mierzwinski <piotr.mierzwinski@gmail.com> ---
> > (In reply to Nate Graham from comment #17)
> > 
> > > Meta+Q does indeed make it stick open, but I think that's intentional.
> > > Meta+Tab shows the auto-closing version.
> > > 
> > > ...I have no idea why these are different things, of course.
> > 
> > I meant that I'm able to unstick this bar by Meta+Q. When no bar is present
> > then this shortcut just shows it.
> > When I switch Activities quickly by Meta+Tab - not holding Meta - then bar
> > isn't show. Only when I will hold Meta then bar is shonw and after release
> > Meta, isn't autohide. Now I need to use again Meta+Q to hide it.

All of these 'solutions' are only workarounds, we don't know yet what terms must be met to reproduce the issue. I wasn't able to reproduce it in KDE Neon with Plasma 5.20 beta, but it wasn't my regular system which I use every day. So I'm not sure if after update to 5.20 issue will still persists.
Comment 21 Patrick Silva 2020-09-23 06:05:42 UTC
*** Bug 426887 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 22 Tamara Zoe Schmitz 2020-09-25 11:39:56 UTC
(In reply to Piotr Mierzwinski from comment #20)
> All of these 'solutions' are only workarounds, we don't know yet what terms
> must be met to reproduce the issue. I wasn't able to reproduce it in KDE
> Neon with Plasma 5.20 beta, but it wasn't my regular system which I use
> every day. So I'm not sure if after update to 5.20 issue will still persists.

I'm on 5.19.5 via openSUSE Tumbleweed.
I can trigger the bug reliably everytime but spamming Meta + Space a few times.
Comment 23 Tamara Zoe Schmitz 2020-09-25 12:30:16 UTC
(In reply to Tamara Zoe Schmitz from comment #22)
> 
> I'm on 5.19.5 via openSUSE Tumbleweed.
> I can trigger the bug reliably everytime but spamming Meta + Space a few
> times.

I meant Meta + Tab. I am using X.org
Comment 24 Christoph Feck 2020-10-06 03:51:38 UTC
The comments are unclear. Please reopen if the bug is not fixed in Plasma 5.20.
Comment 25 Nate Graham 2020-10-26 17:09:08 UTC
*** Bug 428121 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 26 Piotr Mierzwinski 2020-10-26 18:00:03 UTC
I din't experience this in 5.20.
Comment 27 Nate Graham 2021-01-04 23:01:59 UTC
*** Bug 431015 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***