Bug 457913 - "Dim Inactive" Desktop Effect also dims tabbox
Summary: "Dim Inactive" Desktop Effect also dims tabbox
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: kwin
Classification: Plasma
Component: tabbox (show other bugs)
Version: 6.2.2
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KWin default assignee
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Reported: 2022-08-15 12:59 UTC by Andrea Ippolito
Modified: 2024-12-17 12:48 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Description Andrea Ippolito 2022-08-15 12:59:50 UTC
SUMMARY
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: Wayland
Processors: 8 × 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1165G7 @ 2.80GHz
Memory: 15,4 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® Xe Graphics
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name: XPS 13 9305


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Enable the Desktop Effect called Dim Inactive (Darken inactive windows)
2. Use ALT+TAB to switch tasks

OBSERVED RESULT
Task switcher is affected by dimming although it's the foreground "window"

EXPECTED RESULT
Task switcher should NOT be dimmed since it's in the foreground window, and definitely the one the user wants to focus when invoking the task switcher. Having the contents of the tabbox dimmed makes it harder for the brain/eye of the user to detect the window to jump to.
Comment 1 Andrea Ippolito 2024-04-23 20:06:35 UTC
Although this is minor, just chiming in to say it's still reproducible.
Comment 2 Andrea Ippolito 2024-04-23 20:07:09 UTC
(In reply to Andrea Ippolito from comment #1)
> Although this is minor, just chiming in to say it's still reproducible.

Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20240419
KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.1.0
Qt Version: 6.7.0
Kernel Version: 6.8.7-1-default (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 7840U w/ Radeon 780M Graphics
Memory: 30,7 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon Graphics
Manufacturer: Framework
Product Name: Laptop 13 (AMD Ryzen 7040Series)
System Version: A7
Comment 3 RedBearAK 2024-07-31 21:51:41 UTC
I am also annoyed by this, on Fedora 40, Plasma 6.1.3. 

I like to do significant dimming on the inactive window(s), but that makes the tabbox barely usable. There's no way this effect should be applying itself to the tabbox/task switcher dialog. 

The fact that this issue has been open since late 2022 is gravely disappointing.
Comment 4 volodarolathana 2024-11-01 13:07:39 UTC
Reproducible in 6.2.2 aswell
Comment 5 volodarolathana 2024-11-03 06:34:14 UTC
relevant merge request is open here:
https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/6729