SUMMARY Since 5.25.0 arrow keys are navigating between windows not workspaces as prior to 5.25. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Setup desktop grid effect in settings 2. open it 3. pres arrow key OBSERVED RESULT navigates cross windows EXPECTED RESULT navigates cross workspaces, selected one is highlighted (preferably with border). When using 4k monitor with 5x4 grid currently selected window border is not visible enough. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20220813 KDE Plasma Version: 5.25.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.96.0 Qt Version: 5.15.5 Kernel Version: 5.19.0-1-default (64-bit) Graphics Platform: X11 Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 5600U with Radeon Graphics Memory: 38,0 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: AMD RENOIR Manufacturer: LENOVO Product Name: 20X70042CK System Version: ThinkPad L15 Gen 2a
Caused by a fix in https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=456068, which adds navigation between windows, not desktops. Is it intentional decision? I did find navigation between desktops (not windows) useful. There's already Present Windows effect for navigating between all windows.
This is still in 5.25.5
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/3003
Git commit 105af544c9069f2ccbcb80fc460e7c9dba2a26f5 by Vlad Zahorodnii, on behalf of David Edmundson. Committed on 27/09/2022 at 06:26. Pushed by vladz into branch 'master'. Don't accept space and enter key events in empty WindowHeaps This fixes being able to select an empty desktop. M +1 -1 src/effects/private/qml/WindowHeap.qml https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/commit/105af544c9069f2ccbcb80fc460e7c9dba2a26f5
Git commit 893d58eba7800f2fa6f05c6e630ed419ed4ce083 by Vlad Zahorodnii, on behalf of David Edmundson. Committed on 27/09/2022 at 06:28. Pushed by vladz into branch 'Plasma/5.26'. Don't accept space and enter key events in empty WindowHeaps This fixes being able to select an empty desktop. (cherry picked from commit 105af544c9069f2ccbcb80fc460e7c9dba2a26f5) M +1 -1 src/effects/private/qml/WindowHeap.qml https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/commit/893d58eba7800f2fa6f05c6e630ed419ed4ce083
The same here. plasmashell 5.27.4 Please, restore navigation between Desktops, not windows. This is a major issue. Who in heck would pan small windows instead of desktop in desktop grid!?
Upgraded to 5.27.8 - still not fixed. Deeply dissappointed! I wish we downgrade to rpe-5.25. 5.24 was probably the best plasma shell. Now everything is slow. I don't really want these new bells & whistels.
(In reply to Alex A.D. from comment #7) > Upgraded to 5.27.8 - still not fixed. Deeply dissappointed! I wish we > downgrade to rpe-5.25. 5.24 was probably the best plasma shell. Now > everything is slow. I don't really want these new bells & whistels. On 6.1 Dev wayland I just found out that it leaks global shortcuts to overview-grid thus it is possible navigate just thru desktops. I was trying to implement it when I found out, but it actually sufficient for me. I like it.
In fact I'm pretty sure that's intentional!
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #9) > In fact I'm pretty sure that's intentional! thx, in that case that yields other misbehavior https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=484520