Bug 453588 - Add a fade effect when the screen is locked and unlocked
Summary: Add a fade effect when the screen is locked and unlocked
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: kwin
Classification: Plasma
Component: effects-various (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.3.3
Platform: Arch Linux Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KWin default assignee
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: 450690 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2022-05-09 18:26 UTC by Patrick Silva
Modified: 2025-03-27 15:58 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Description Patrick Silva 2022-05-09 18:26:06 UTC 
SUMMARY
The transition to desktop is abrupt when the screen is unlocked, there is no fade effect. Can reproduce on X11 and Wayland.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. lock your screen
2. unlock your screen
3. 

OBSERVED RESULT
abrupt transition to desktop

EXPECTED RESULT
fade effect on unlocking

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: KDE neon Unstable Edition
KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.80
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.94.0
Qt Version: 5.15.3
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2022-05-09 18:54:14 UTC 
Can reproduce. I seem to recall that a KWin change broke this recently.
Comment 2 Kai Uwe Broulik 2022-05-09 19:05:53 UTC 
The fade was actually done by accident and caused flickering on Wayland but I agree it looked nicer on X.
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2022-11-04 21:28:31 UTC 
*** Bug 450690 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***