SUMMARY Right clicking the panel shows press Edit Panel ALT+D, ALT+S but that doesn't work as intended. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Press ALT+D, ALT+S ; should make Plasma go into Edit Panel mode 2. Right click panel, get popup menu, press ALT+D, ALT+S ; should make Plasma go into Edit Panel mode 3. OBSERVED RESULT Plasma not going into Edit Panel mode, seems like pressing ALT+D is registered and does nothing, then pressing ALT+S shows the Alternative Widgets window to replace the Icon only task manager (if I right click on middle of panel for example) EXPECTED RESULT Plasma goes into edit panel mode, where you can adjust Panel screen position or panel height etc SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20210217 KDE Plasma Version: 5.21.0 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.79.0 Qt Version: 5.15.2 Kernel Version: 5.10.16-1-default OS Type: 64-bit Graphics Platform: X11 Nvidia driver: 460.39 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Maybe I don't understand how the shortcuts should work. But they seem not to work correctly (or consistently) across all the Panel and it's Widgets (icon only task manager, system trays, digital clock etc) For example, the combo: ALT+D, ALT+S doesn't seem to work, but the one for Add Widgets action: ALT+D, A - works. How I tried is to right click the panel in various places and press the shortcut keys displayed on the menu for the various Actions.
Confirmed.
*** Bug 493218 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Can reproduce this on X11 and Wayland. Operating System: EndeavourOS KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.5.0 Qt Version: 6.7.2 Kernel Version: 6.10.9-arch1-2 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: X11
Confirmed on up-to-date KDE neon on X11 (Plasma 6.1.5, Frameworks 6.5) as well. I think the reason the panel shortcuts don’t work is that we can’t shift focus to the panel itself. For example, when I click on the desktop, I can use "Alt+D, E" to enter edit mode or "Alt+D, Alt+S" to enter desktop settings because the focus moves from the active window to the desktop upon the click. However, this doesn’t happen with panels; clicking on a panel doesn’t shift the focus away from the active window, which is why the panel shortcuts don’t work.
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/print-manager/-/merge_requests/223
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-pa/-/merge_requests/316
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/powerdevil/-/merge_requests/499
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-nm/-/merge_requests/411
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/merge_requests/5129
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/libplasma/-/merge_requests/1253
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/merge_requests/2760
Git commit bab5b41905d3c5a833f67e223791103890850658 by Nate Graham. Committed on 28/01/2025 at 20:59. Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'. applets/batterymonitor: remove broken chord keyboard shortcut This fundamentally doesn't work since multiple widgets set the same shortcut, and all can be in the same focus group. Part of https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/issues/148. Related: bug 433841 M +0 -1 applets/batterymonitor/package/contents/ui/main.qml https://invent.kde.org/plasma/powerdevil/-/commit/bab5b41905d3c5a833f67e223791103890850658
Git commit 6a9022fae183360c3c1e6e2b8027ce52720d403c by Nate Graham. Committed on 28/01/2025 at 19:04. Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'. Remove broken and unneeded chord keyboard shortcuts This fundamentally doesn't work since multiple widgets set the same shortcut, and all can be in the same focus group. And the Activity Switcher already has a better global-scope Meta+Q shortcut anyway. Part of https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/issues/148. Related: bug 433841 M +0 -1 applets/clipboard/contents/ui/main.qml M +0 -1 applets/devicenotifier/package/contents/ui/main.qml M +0 -1 shell/shellcorona.cpp https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/commit/6a9022fae183360c3c1e6e2b8027ce52720d403c
Git commit 2b9b93a3fbf9c46c947654d3a26da2f28874dc89 by Nate Graham. Committed on 28/01/2025 at 18:57. Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'. applet: remove broken chord keyboard shortcut This fundamentally doesn't work since multiple widgets set the same shortcut, and all can be in the same focus group. Part of https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/issues/148. Related: bug 433841 M +0 -1 applet/contents/ui/main.qml https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-nm/-/commit/2b9b93a3fbf9c46c947654d3a26da2f28874dc89
Git commit 73d17bd7bfa080f236d158f60923346afb24f8d9 by Nate Graham. Committed on 28/01/2025 at 18:57. Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'. applet: remove broken chord keyboard shortcut This fundamentally doesn't work since multiple widgets set the same shortcut, and all can be in the same focus group. Part of https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/issues/148. Related: bug 433841 M +0 -1 applet/contents/ui/main.qml https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-pa/-/commit/73d17bd7bfa080f236d158f60923346afb24f8d9
Git commit 1d08d1592a530c364d113c5cb06b9c8cb3be3d53 by Nate Graham. Committed on 28/01/2025 at 18:59. Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'. Remove chord keyboard shortcuts Don't set chord keyboard shortcuts on widgets and containments. For widgets, it won't work anyway since the shortcuts will conflict when widgets inhabit the same parent container (which is almost always). For containments, users can't figure out what these shortcuts are and how they work, so they're largely useless visual noise anyway. Part of https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/issues/148. Related: bug 433841 M +0 -1 src/plasma/corona.cpp M +0 -2 src/plasma/private/applet_p.cpp M +0 -3 src/plasma/private/containment_p.cpp https://invent.kde.org/plasma/libplasma/-/commit/1d08d1592a530c364d113c5cb06b9c8cb3be3d53
Git commit aa53fc92b798dd0f1689a95daf3ab0a4678fdf0d by Nate Graham. Committed on 28/01/2025 at 18:58. Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'. plasmoid: remove broken chord keyboard shortcut This fundamentally doesn't work since multiple widgets set the same shortcut, and all can be in the same focus group. Part of https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/issues/148. Related: bug 433841 M +0 -1 src/plasmoid/package/contents/ui/main.qml https://invent.kde.org/plasma/print-manager/-/commit/aa53fc92b798dd0f1689a95daf3ab0a4678fdf0d
Git commit 7e7523ad6e8333a58b14d94d81d00fe09ec55c14 by Nate Graham. Committed on 30/01/2025 at 16:16. Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'. desktop: Replace chord keyboard shortcut with something comprehensible The desktop currently has a local-scoped shortcut to open the config window. This is odd, but because the desktop isn't global (there can be multiple desktops), in principle is can make sense for keyboard accessibility. Unfortunately it uses a chord shortcut, which users don't understand. Replace it with a normal-style shortcut. Part of https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/issues/148. Related: bug 433841 M +2 -2 appiumtests/desktop/desktoptest.py M +1 -1 containments/desktop/package/contents/ui/main.qml https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/commit/7e7523ad6e8333a58b14d94d81d00fe09ec55c14
The shortcut has been removed since a local keyboard shortcut like this conceptually can't work the way people expect it to.