Bug 429523 - Panel not hiding automatically with "Windows can cover" option until you click in the window that should cover it
Summary: Panel not hiding automatically with "Windows can cover" option until you clic...
Status: RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Panel (show other bugs)
Version: 5.20.3
Platform: Manjaro Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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: 453373 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2020-11-22 21:14 UTC by Xusine
Modified: 2023-10-23 18:23 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Xusine 2020-11-22 21:14:22 UTC
SUMMARY

The hiding logic doesn't work in my side when I'm trying to refocus on a maximized window after clicking (or focusing on) the panel.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Maximize a window so that it can cover the panel. Now the panel hides itself. 
2. Move the mouse to the panel and click it so that it's focused.
3. Try to refocus  the maximized window described in step 1 by clicking. 

OBSERVED RESULT

The panel won't hide itself.

EXPECTED RESULT

The panel should hide itself.


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Manjaro
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.20.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.76.0
Qt Version: 5.15.1

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2020-11-23 17:57:10 UTC
Can confirm. If I simply mouse over the panel to make it appear, it goes under the maximized window when I click on the maximized window again. But if I click on it, then clicking on the maximized window does not make it go under the window as expected.
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2023-09-18 21:12:50 UTC
*** Bug 453373 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2023-10-23 18:21:26 UTC
I'm afraid the "Windows Can Cover" Panel visibility mode has been removed for Plasma 6 and we aren't planning to bring it back. In its place, we plan to implement an "intelligent auto-hide" or "dodge windows" mode, per Bug 349785. This should hopefully be much better than "Windows Can Cover" ever was, and offer support for its use cases.

Thanks for your understanding!
Comment 4 Xusine 2023-10-23 18:23:00 UTC
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #3)
> I'm afraid the "Windows Can Cover" Panel visibility mode has been removed
> for Plasma 6 and we aren't planning to bring it back. In its place, we plan
> to implement an "intelligent auto-hide" or "dodge windows" mode, per Bug
> 349785. This should hopefully be much better than "Windows Can Cover" ever
> was, and offer support for its use cases.
> 
> Thanks for your understanding!

Thanks for your reply! Looking forward to KDE 6!