SUMMARY I made the effect run upon pressing Meta with kwriteconfig5 --file kwinrc --group ModifierOnlyShortcuts --key Meta "org.kde.kglobalaccel,/component/kwin,,invokeShortcut,Overview". When running it this way, the search field doesn't get focus by default. I assume this is what causes the search to hang for a split second before getting focus, so if I type immediately after enabling the effect, sometimes one letter gets repeated, kinda similar to a longstanding KRunner bug that was long fixed already. Interestingly enough, this is the case when the overview gets activated via the default keyboard shortcut too. The difference is that the search field gets focus immediately after either Ctrl or Alt is released, so the hang doesn't manifest. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. kwriteconfig5 --file kwinrc --group ModifierOnlyShortcuts --key Meta "org.kde.kglobalaccel,/component/kwin,,invokeShortcut,Overview" 2. qdbus-qt5 org.kde.KWin /KWin reconfigure (might be just qdbus depending on distro) 3. Press Meta 4. Immediately type something (e.g. Firefox)
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I'm having the same problem: I attached the meta key to the overview with this command: $ kwriteconfig5 --file ~/.config/kwinrc --group ModifierOnlyShortcuts --key Meta "org.kde.kglobalaccel,/component/kwin,org.kde.kglobalaccel.Component,invokeShortcut,Overview" $ qdbus org.kde.KWin /KWin reconfigure However, the first letter gets repeated only the first time I use the overview search field after booting. The following searches work just fine.
What Plasma version are you using?
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #3) > What Plasma version are you using? Hey, here's all my info: Operating System: Manjaro Linux KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.95.0 Qt Version: 5.15.5 Kernel Version: 5.15.49-1-MANJARO (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-3840QM CPU @ 2.80GHz Memory: 15,3 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® HD Graphics 4000
Ok. We fixed a lot of focus-related things in recently. Can you try again with Plasma 5.25.2 (which was just released today)?
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #5) > Ok. We fixed a lot of focus-related things in recently. Can you try again > with Plasma 5.25.2 (which was just released today)? I'll wait for Manjaro to push 5.25 (.3 I guess), I don't have time and energy right now to fire up 25.2 ;) Thank you for the answer
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This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME due to lack of needed information. For more information about our bug triaging procedures please read the wiki located here: https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Bug_triaging Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #5) > Ok. We fixed a lot of focus-related things in recently. Can you try again > with Plasma 5.25.2 (which was just released today)? I'm using Plasma 5.25.4 and still have the same problem. Here is my setup: Operating System: Arch Linux KDE Plasma Version: 5.25.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.96.0 Qt Version: 5.15.5 Kernel Version: 5.18.16-arch1-1 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: X11 Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-7300HQ CPU @ 2.50GHz Memory: 31.2 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® HD Graphics 630