STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. log into your plasma session 2. add "volume widget" or "battery and brightness widget" to your desktop (not the panel) 3. try to change the volume or the brightness 1% up or down OBSERVED RESULT you will be switched into "edit layout" mode in 99% cases because you are holding a mouse on a widget (even worse when use touchscreen). EXPECTED RESULT you can hold mouse on a volume slider because you are trying to change volume but not edit the widget size. edit mode should start only when you hold an empty area of widget imho. when you hold a slider, that should not start edit mode. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: Opensuse 15.2 KDE Plasma Version: 5.18 from opensuse repos Linux/KDE Plasma: Opensuse 15.2 KDE Plasma Version: 5.21 from KDE repos for zypper Linux/KDE Plasma: debian stretch (9) KDE Plasma Version: 5.12 Linux/KDE Plasma: gentoo KDE Plasma Version: 5.22.5 built with -march=native -O2, tried both clang and gcc btw in debian 9 there was a "lock/unlock widgets" button. it is that old version where widgets do not enter edit mode when you hold them so there's no bug. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION sorry for my english, let me know if something is not clear
This will only happen if you press-and-hold and don't move the cursor at all. When I click and drag on a volume slider, as long as I actually move the cursor to change the slider position, the widget doesn't enter edit mode. Is this what happens for you too?
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1) > ... Is this what happens for you too? yes, if i move slider for about 15 pixels, widget do not enter edit mode. but if it is really 1% volume changing (10 pixels or less approx.), especially if you do it with a touchscreen, it enters edit mode. this is not that annoying, so i expect that would not be fixed. But still it is not a perfect behavior. Imho it would be nicer to edit widgets only from empty area.
*** Bug 444577 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Allow me to repurpose this bug report for this: clicking on «Show additional options for %AudioDeviceName%» opens the «Profiles» drop-down menu, but also enters Edit Mode for the whole desktop. Of course, Audio Volume applet should be placed on a desktop to trigger this. X11 only.