Bug 446826 - Modal dialog for naming pasted clipboard content disables Plasma while open
Summary: Modal dialog for naming pasted clipboard content disables Plasma while open
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: frameworks-kio
Classification: Frameworks and Libraries
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 5.97.0
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Edmundson
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Keywords: usability
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Reported: 2021-12-11 11:54 UTC by medin
Modified: 2022-09-09 17:25 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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Description medin 2021-12-11 11:54:55 UTC
When you copy some text then go to an empty region in desktop and right click and select "Paste Clipboard Contents", a popup window will appear to enter a suitable filename for the file that will contain copied data, at this stage if you try to click on any launcher or panel or system tray item or desktop item it will not work and your are blocked, so any one (especially disabled people that type text using only mouse) who use virtual clipboard from apps launcher or system tray is totally blocked at this step.
The worst case is when you minimize this naming popup then it's impossible to make it reappear again because the Task Manager in the panel is not accessible (the only trick is to us Alt+Tab to recover it).
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2021-12-14 18:32:09 UTC
Yes, this dialog is modal so it disables its parent window while it's visible. That parent is plasma, so boom, plasma becomes disabled.

We would need to give it a different parent window, I suppose.
Comment 2 iodreamify 2022-09-04 20:18:27 UTC
Another window where this happens is the clipboard applet's Actions Configuration window. If you click on Add Action a modal window pops up and Plasmashell's panel, desktop and kickoff are all frozen until it is closed. 

Reddit post with recording: https://v.redd.it/f76bt5ecqul91
Comment 3 Pawel 2022-09-04 20:46:56 UTC
(In reply to iodreamify from comment #2)
> Another window where this happens is the clipboard applet's Actions
> Configuration window. If you click on Add Action a modal window pops up and
> Plasmashell's panel, desktop and kickoff are all frozen until it is closed. 
> 
> Reddit post with recording: https://v.redd.it/f76bt5ecqul91

I can repro on Wayland as well.

Operating System: Arch Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.25.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.97.0
Qt Version: 5.15.5
Kernel Version: 5.19.6-arch1-1 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core Processor
Memory: 31.3 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Comment 4 Patrick Silva 2022-09-05 12:20:07 UTC
Possibly this bug is a duplicate of bug 407660
Comment 5 Nate Graham 2022-09-09 17:25:21 UTC
Same issue, but it will have to be fixed in a different way. I believe the fix will need to be in KIO though, so moving this there.